Had a great day yestarday, boat ran great. On the way home the motor locked up at over 4000 rpm. The threaded rod holding the flame arrester down came loose bounced into the carb, fell into the blower and locked it up tight!! We took the belt off and made it home.

Why is this a lesson? Because the rod had come loose in the past and I failed to secure it properly!!! I never imagined it could fall in, well I was wrong!!!!

I'll take pics as I tear it down

Ouch!!

Thanks for sharing the lesson!

Can you also share the rebuild process?

Pics would be nice...lots of pics

Will you be just rebuilding the current hardware or will you take this opportunity to upgrade the components ?

No idea what to do, too many options. I think I need to start with rebuilding the whipple, if possible, pulling the heads and checking to see if metal got in the cylinders, etc etc etc. Going to be a pain staking endevour!!!

Yikes!

Sorry to hear about it... hope the motor is fine

That sucks, right at the start of Summer. Hey K perhaps a good time during rebuild to Add a few more HP.

Dang that really blows. Hate to see this thread.

Looks like the intercooler should have caught most of the debris, you may just have to get the blower and you'll be fine.

is there a way to get a vacuum hose thru the spark plug hole and suck up the interior of the cylinder to see if there are any debris...so that the cylinders heads won't need to be removed?