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| Quick back ground info, I got my 115 faststrike in july of 2013 and hung it on my 681C, It ran well, compression good, idle was good. I ran over 30 gallons of gas through it that summer-fall. But something didn't seem right even through it ran well and did well on my boat. I got 44mph out of it, not bad I thought... But it still didn't feel right, Any else one ever get that feeling that even though all was right, it didn't feel like it was?
Fast forward, its winter I got a new to me motor, I thought I would do a carb rebuild and general tune up. keep in mind I have not done anything to the motor but new plugs, thermo stats and LU oil change
Well I got my rebuild kits for my carbs. I set out to rebuild them, everything was going smoothly, pretty strait forward. Reading my manual and going at it, having fun...
I also bought a set of CCMS reeds, in hopes they give it a little more boost and it also gives me a good reason to look deeper in my motor (because I had that feeling I mentioned earlier). I couldn't justify pulling the whole fuel system off just to look around (even though that's essentially what I was doing)
Got the carbs all rebuilt, nothing out of the ordinary they looked pretty good. So I dug in deeper to get out my reed cages. Everything came apart easily and I set the first reed cage on my work bench and this little guy was staring me in the face (see first photo).
WOW!!! never have I seen this before. Who knows how long its been there, or how it got there. By the up close wear marks I say much longer than I have owned it. I was shocked it didn't make my motor run terrible. The motor seemed to run good, also when looking at a used motor who checks the reed cages before buying? But I will say had it got through that last little bit, myself and the motor would be very sad.
Needless to say I was happy with my decision to get my new reeds
Anyway enjoy the photos.
Edited by anzomcik 2/14/2014 8:56 PM
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