[Public-List] Atomic 4 mechanic?

Mon May 24 08:29:15 PDT 2010

I don'k know bout you guys but this sounds like junk in the carb. Is 
this one of the 1st times you have run the boat this season?
It is early in the season & debris can easily accumulate then clog the 
carb leading to the 1st scenario and ending in the non starting of the 
engine.
I'd suggest pulling the the fuel line at the carb and placing in a glass 
jar (turn the engine over 2x) to check for free flow the pull the carb & 
do a complete cleaning with carb & choke cleaner.
Then it should start!

C.B. Currier
Infinity #57
Daybreak #458

Jock McClees wrote:
> Mike,
> The second day that I started the engine, it only ran for maybe 30 seconds.
> It probably conked out because I had shut off the gas to check the fuel
> filter and forgotten to open the valve again. But it wouldn't start after
> that. Is 30 seconds or so enough time to heat up the coil so it won't start
> again?
> Thanks,
> Jock
>
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Meinhold,
> Michael J.
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> The coil is not difficult to change.
>
> It is on a bracket off the aft end of the engine, about centered. It's a
> black cylinder.
>
> A high-voltage cable goes from the the coil to the center of the
> distributor. The coil also has a low voltage positive wire from the ignition
> switch, and a ground wire.  Often other devices are attached at the postive
> side of the coil. Keep track of what's attached where if you take it off.
>
> You can get a new coil at Annapolis Napa, or other automotive supply, or
> Moyer Marine.
>
> Mike
> Rinn Duin #272
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Jock McClees
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> I meant to say John Vosbury, not John White. I will give him a call.
> Is the coil difficult to change? Where is it?
> Jock
>
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Mike Lehman
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>
> Jock
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> Your problem is the coil - when the coil heats up when the engine runs for a
> few minutes the windings in the coil expand and lose connection, when it
> cools down, it starts again, but only until the coil heats up.
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> If you are looking for a mechanic (John White was not an engine mechanic)
> the best around for the Atomic 4 is John Vosbury (Vosbury Marine Engines).
>
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> Mike Lehman 
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>> From: mccleesj at comcast.net
>> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 22:21:28 -0400
>> Subject: [Public-List] Atomic 4 mechanic?
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>>
>> Although I have a Cal 36 now instead of an Alberg, I still have an 
>> Atomic
>>     
> 4.
>   
>> I heard that John White has retired? Can anyone recommend a good 
>> Atomic 4 mechanic who would come to PSA on the Magothy?
>>
>> Friday my engine started up and ran while I was untying dock lines and 
>> 1/2 way to the mooring when it quit on me. I got it started again and 
>> it died again, so I towed the boat by rowing the dinghy the rest of the
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> way.
> Luckily
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>> no wind.
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>> Today, Sunday, I tried to start it again. It started just fine and 
>> then
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> died
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>> in a few seconds and wouldn't start again. The gas is turned on. There 
>> is gas. I checked the fuel filter and it seems OK. I opened the 
>> distributor
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> cap
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>> and there doesn't seem to be any corrosion but I don't know much about 
>> engines so I am not really sure what I should be looking for in the 
>> distributor. I replaced the wires 2-3 years ago and haven't used the 
>> boat that much so I can't imagine they are bad.
>>
>> Besides recommending a mechanic, anyone have any ideas what might be 
>> the problem?
>> Thanks,
>> Jock
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>> Could it be something blocking the vent on the gas tank?
>>
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