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I miss my ignorance. It made life more exciting. Knowing better takes the fun out of it.

That's a picture of a picture taken in March or April 1992 the very first time I took it out on the water, so it was "back in the summer of '92". It was a little cold still, we are wearing long sleeve shirts, but I'd just bought it and had to see what I got for $4,000. One of my favorite days, one of her worst. You see she wanted to get married but I said we were too young and didn't have the money. So I go and buy that boat. She was pissed. That's a stock 2.4 liter Mariner, 150 HP. Mariners were Mercury's way of selling the same motor at competing dealerships back then. Now they are only sold outside the United States but the same motor still. That would run about 75 mph at 6,500 rpm, just enough to get excited. Not fast but almost. Then I bought a 2.5 Mercury 200 horse. It was scary fast, like "stop this damn boat and let me out" fast. The speedometers on boats are not very accurate but a friend's brother bought the first portable GPS I'd ever seen. It was $3,000 in 1995. With that I got it up to 101 mph one evening when the water was slick and I was wasted. 24 pitch prop would turn 8,500 rpm in a quarter mile, my top end prop was a 28 pitch. I could turn it 8,200. Lots of fun back then until all the jet skis covered the water. I sold it for $7,500 and bought a Suzuki 750 gsxr.

Have you tried alcohol? That's what keeps the wiser me from overthinking things, thus having some fun.

That is a nice drawing

"You can't fix stupid" but "Natural Selection" can.

Thanks for the tips. I already checked the TPS and it was OK I think. Not sure exactly when the full throttle switch is supposed to activate, I thought mine was a bit early at around 50% pedal travel. Idle switch deactivated at 5-10% travel, so was fine. Just went down and pulled the FPR vacuum line, it was dry and tight. So I went ahead and opened up my AFM, found it had been tampered with. The locking nut glue blob was gone, so I'm going to try and calibrate it according to http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/afm/calibration/index.html Tried hanging a 160 gram weight on the flap, which should pull a stock calibrated AFM to 50% open position. Mine was pulled to 85% open. If this calibration method is indeed correct, this would explain a lot...

What does a country do with citizens like this? https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/07/16/anti-mask-rallies-continue-in-us-amid-rising-coronavirus-cases-and-deaths/#4db470112246 Sadly, it seems the only thing that may teach them some humility is a newer and and deadlier virus...

I put both of the drawings together, for easy study. I think that there are two puzzles. How did it ever work before, and how do you make it work now. Maybe the old setup only needs a few mm of travel. The clutch discs really do expand when the pressure is released, maybe the old disc doesn't expand much so it released with a just few mm of fork throw. If it were mine I'd probably just extend that pivot ball, make it work, and let the problem stew in my brain. An answer would probably come up in a few years.

I agree! @grannyknot Oh yeah, @Mike

Some SU info and parts from down under. https://sumidel.sitesuite.net.au/shop/category/carburettor-spare-parts

I have relatives in Yakima county. What others may not see in the charts above is that there are two factors impacting the increase in Washington state cases. The first is population density, and the second is conservative political tendencies. Yakima county is a very "right" county and so are many of the others with increased CO-19 rates. The apt student will reach his or her own conclusions about this. And BTW, Go COUGS!

It's stalled for now. Still at the body shop. I have other projects going. I just got car #187 back for a complete restoration. I stripped it and it's at the body shop now. If you want to see the beginning of my restoration of this car go to the "Restoration of one-eighty seven". Thanks for your interest. I'll keep you posted.

So I got my 12si alternator and didn’t have my mount modified yet , so I did the sketchy mount where you flip the clocking . The beauty is that it bolts right up with one spacer , flipping the adjuster bracket and a longer 8x1.25 bolt . Sucker charged right from idle , which I read might not happen . Might be the way I wired it , but it’s still a one wire set up basically . Drove it around and it showed 14.5 volts pretty consistently with electric fan and all my other goodies . Haven’t driven at night , but will try that tonight . I did get the proper mount modified , so about to try it . I’ll be watching for drains on the battery .

As Patcon mentioned, the "hole" you are seeing in that pic is simply the jet needle dropped down out of sight. It's normal operation if the choke is on or if the nozzle has been adjusted down to affect the fuel ratio. It's not the problem here. But while I'm in here there are a couple things I wanted to ask about... First, what's the deal with that one carb with all the gouges and marks on the venture bridge? That thing is hammered!! Like the slide piston was stuck down at one point and someone stuck a screwdriver in there and tried to pry it up or something?? Probably doesn't make much functional difference, but those marks really show evidence of mistreatment in the past. Other question is... There are small (1/8 inch-ish?) holes in the bridges that are intentional. I assume they are 72 specific. Where do those holes go? :

Maybe, but he's not in Phoenix! 10pm and it's already cooled off to 97 degrees. I think it only got to 108 this afternoon. When I get up in the morning it'll be about 88 degrees. But it's a dry heat... (still, I'd rather have this than the humidity)

That's a fantastic pic!! Is that the summer that Bryan Adams talked so much about?

I've always bought from ztherapy. I do have another SU place bookmarked on my laptop. I'll post it when I'm using again. Most likely tomorrow though...

And it was definitely the throttle shaft butterfly. Looks like the previous owner he-man'd them on there (even looks like they used larger screws and retapped?). They also don't line up and are slightly offset of eachother.