Trojan Boat Forum

So if i rotate the pump so it spins the right way per engine rotation then wont the output of the velvet drive rotate the same direction as engine rotation, requiring the use of a left prop instead of a right hand prop? Sorry if i'm over thinking all this. Don't worry, i'm using a 400 balancer and a...

Hello, I have a very tired lm318 that is need of a rebuild but like the old addage goes, there's no replacement for displacement. I'm contemplating of switching to a standard rotation chevy 400 that i have. I've been doing alot of reading and i get mixed reviews. I've read a couple that say you can ...

Pressure checked the cooler myself. At 20 psi she was a bubbling. New one an the way as well. Purchased a 9" one. Changing oil as i type. Happy happy joy joy.

We're almost 99% positive that the manifold or riser is bad. We filled the assembly up with water while it was still in the boat with water with the plugs out. As we poured water in we could hear water running out somewhere. Looked down and all i saw was water running out a cylinder. Cranked it over...

Ding, ding, ding!!!! We have a bunch of winners. Starboard manifold has about a 1/2" hole in the top above cylinders 3&5. Judging by the way the riser had scale, it was doing this for a while before we had it. Good thing it ran like a top before we got our hands on it. :roll: captainmaniac,...

Now that i've actually got the engine able to run correctly and long enough to warm up another problem surfaced. Went to change the oil on it and what do i get greeted with, milky oil. YAY!!! I changed the oil, filled it up to full, and let it idle for 10 min. Pulled dipstick out and it was now to t...

I said it would run today and it did. I put the old dist in and had the same problem. I had an old q-jet that i last was using a few years ago and still had the same problem. As i was taking the q-jet off i looked at the wedge adapter that was put on to adapter the q-jet and noticed that the rear ea...

My parents are flirting with the name of single screw for the F-26.

i completely agree about the carb. If a wedge adapter wasn't 80 bucks i'd just get a holley 600 vac sec and call er done. I have been looking into used q-jet replacement carbs as that would be a bolt on. We'll see come tomorrow. If the hour meter is correct it has just under 2800 hours on it. I real...

It will run if you keep the rpms up. When the motor is running it's running pretty rough. It vibrates pretty good and feels like it's beating itself up. I pretty sure this is because the timing is so far advanced that it's firing just as the cylinder is coming up. I'm also pretty positive that it's ...

Sweet, that is what i wanted to know. So my distributor is turning the right way, the motor is turning the right way, and the firing order that i've checked a million times is correct. Last thing that i can easily check would be a carb issue. I have a spare q-jet that was on a running 350 buick that...

When looking at the engine from the rear with the front of the motor pointing towards the bow. The flywheel is turning clockwise or towards starboard. Does this style motor use a timing chain set up or does it use a timing gear setup? The reason i'm having a hard time figuring what engine this is, i...

The firing order was one area that i'm having a hard time grasping. The 18436572 i have down pat from working on some buicks and chevys. When looking up the firing order, an auto engines dist will turn clockwise and use the 18436572 firing order. My dist turns the same clockwise direction as an auto...

The crankshaft is rotating clockwise. I figured it would have a carter on it. Swapped dist with a known working one. Made it worse and would only run so far advanced that it was misfiring. Will the motor have a timing chain or gear? Something isn't right, ive never had this much problems with an ign...

I took off the valve covers to verify that the valve were opening and events were happening at the right time. Everything was good there. Chain slack was measured at less than 10 degrees. Good there to. I've tripple checked the firing order today and it's right for the reverse rotating engine. Here'...