1973 Seafari Project

[Bigshrimpin]

Congrats on the SeaFari!! You'll love it!

The motor is fantastic too. 125psi is very good for that motor. You'll have all winter to clean it up too . . . rebuild the carbs, swap out the trigger and stator, and replace the wiring, bleeder lines, hoses, replace the fuel pump gaskets and diaphragm (unless it's been done).

as far as starting the motor . . . You need to do a few things first. Inspect the wiring!! especially the wires from the stator and trigger to the switch boxes. The yellow wires on the stator rot out first and usually rot out close to where the wires come out of the stator. Next inspect the bleeder lines . . . especially where they meet the check valves. Next inspect the wiring harnesses from the swtichboxes to the ignition coils and make sure the ignition coils are in good shape and grounded. Personally . . . I'd go through the entire fuel system (fuel pump, inline filter, clean carbs, new hoses) and then try to start it off a 6 gallon tank with fresh fuel.
when you choke the motor you should hear the click of the enrichener solenoid opening. That drains fuel from the top carb bowl down to the bottom two carbs. Once the fuel system is clean up . . . make sure you have spark on all 6 plugs. I just pull them out and turn over the motor. If you have spark on 3 of the 6 (one side) it's a switch box. The real beauty of that motor is that it's so simple to work on and very efficient too.

If you need any parts I have TONS of blackmax parts . . . just no spare 9 amp stators.