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Hello everyone!
I am running a 1988 30 HP Johnson, Tiller short shaft. I have a 13 pitch prop on it. The boat it's on is a 1963 Richline 14' - Deep V-Hull. Normal load is around 500 lbs with boat, batteries, gear, gas, and me and my son.
When I get going, once I get around 5300-5500 RPM, the motor cuts out. The problem I question is this: I have a lot of throttle left in the tiller handle. Is this normal? When I say it cuts out - it doesn't die...it just stops accelerating and drops the RPMs down.
It runs great as long as I don't get near that high RPM range, when I do - it cuts out....I drop the RPMs back down and it's back to running great again.
Is this some sort of safety feature?
If I re-propped with a higher pitch, would that help? It seems I'm maxing out RPM's too early.
Does anyone have any advice? Thanks.
Hez
I am running a 1988 30 HP Johnson, Tiller short shaft. I have a 13 pitch prop on it. The boat it's on is a 1963 Richline 14' - Deep V-Hull. Normal load is around 500 lbs with boat, batteries, gear, gas, and me and my son.
When I get going, once I get around 5300-5500 RPM, the motor cuts out. The problem I question is this: I have a lot of throttle left in the tiller handle. Is this normal? When I say it cuts out - it doesn't die...it just stops accelerating and drops the RPMs down.
It runs great as long as I don't get near that high RPM range, when I do - it cuts out....I drop the RPMs back down and it's back to running great again.
Is this some sort of safety feature?
If I re-propped with a higher pitch, would that help? It seems I'm maxing out RPM's too early.
Does anyone have any advice? Thanks.
Hez