TOPIC: A flawless holiday weekend with the Homelite

Well I have to say, my Homelite run great through the Labor day weekend. I will be pulling the pontoon out about the middle of Oct. It will go into the the pole barn for the winter until next spring.

My holiday week(end) will start today and we'll find out just how well this powerhead works out.

Yeah Dave, then in the winter out comes the ice fishing gear. You will have to post a picture of the lake with your pontoon, then another with the F250's parked on the same lake.

Dick, are you going to go fishing or just sea trials and cruise? Trout or salmon?

We're back from a successful trip. Bill, we went fishing. Engine fired right up, no smoke. The usual adjusting of the carb in the water and we were idling at 500 rpm. Took off for a WOT run and it's the fastest one yet pushing the boat at 28 mph @ 5400 rpm. Dropped it back down to an idle, trolled @ 1.5 mph for 2 hrs and caught a limit of trout in two hrs. I touched nothing but air mixture screws and idle adjustment screws. Didn't check timing or dwell. It runs great other than needing a valve ajustment.

Hey Bill,
The Chevy DuraMax goes in the barn in the winter too with the pontoon.. I drive a Chevy Tahoe (95)in winter. Only thing I drive on the ice is a snowmobile 69 SkiDoo 12/3 or my Polaris Ranger 500. I like at least 10" of ice.
When it gets solid water here I'll post some photos of the fish shanty and stuff.
4 stroke, Glad you had good luck with your engine. and the fishing. I went trolling for pike today. No hits

Dave, hope you have better luck next time out. Ww're on our way out again today. When you changed out your camshaft did you pull the powerhead?

4stroke,
I did not remove the powerhead to replace the cam. I just laid the engine on it's back with the cam horizontal.
I removed the dist.and fuel pump. Then removed the cam cover.
Then removed the bolts on the caps that were holding the cam inplace. Keep the caps in order. They are numbered.
Be sure to mark your timing for reassembly.
I used the manual I got from Bill R. for R and R of the cam. Also it was very useful for calculating and setting the valve clearances.
I ended up doing cam replacement twice. Second time around was easier. I just don't want to do it again.

Dave, Not sure how I want to attack this. It's somewhat of a pain on the valve adjustment because of the cam removal, I'm thinking of powerhead removal as they come off easy enough. I did the last engine adjustment, did everything by the book. I had that engine completely in pieces and had to set up the cam tower gears. One thing the book doesn't tell you is the .004" backlash in the gears but if you set it up as the book says you should have it. I did check mine when everything was completed and it was a perfect .004".
Just another way to double check everything.

Had it back out today again, fishing is great, another limit in 55 minutes. Back out again tomorrow as I'm on vacation this week!

I had a great weekend too. Its pretty nice not to have to worry about sucking down a ton of gas like my old V-4's.

trying to post a picture but.....i cant seem to remember how to do it right

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Hey I have snowmobiles too got a 1972 Evinrude long trac with revirse
Also have 2 Sno Jets 440s a 75 and 75. For a 440 75 sno jet air cooled this thing will pickup to ski's when you hit it. Now it we get some snow this winter I will see if this one legged old man can ride.
Mike aka the pirate

elgindave wrote:

Hey Bill,
The Chevy DuraMax goes in the barn in the winter too with the pontoon.. I drive a Chevy Tahoe (95)in winter. Only thing I drive on the ice is a snowmobile 69 SkiDoo 12/3 or my Polaris Ranger 500. I like at least 10" of ice.
When it gets solid water here I'll post some photos of the fish shanty and stuff.
4 stroke, Glad you had good luck with your engine. and the fishing. I went trolling for pike today. No hits

Hi Pathfinderz1,
Hope you get some snow for your machines.
We always have some snow here for ours.
I'm sure your machine will get used to one a leg operation.
64-Express,Great shot of your Bearcat powered boat!