Anyway, the engine starts immediately, runs smooth except for the fact that the idle fluctuates
between 600 and 2500rpms in neutral. Also, after running for awhile, sometimes 6 hours - 12 hours
the engine quits and cannot be re-started for quite awhile perhaps an hour. This always happens at
the absolute worst possible time. We almost got run down by a tanker in the entrance to Moible
Bay and had a interesting time getting into Perdido Pass against a 6 knot ebb when the engine
quite. Needless to say, you don't go far from the dock without getting your sails up immediately
and knowing how to use them.

This engine is very well maintained. We disassemble and clean the carburator and wire out all the
jets. We've placed 2 fuel filters inline with the fuel system, we have a Borg Warner electric fuel
pump that I believe is either 2 or 4 psi. We also have a fuel pressure regulator which regulatres
the fuel pressure to 1 psi. The cap, points and rotor have been replaced. It seems like every 10 or
20 engine hours we've replaced the coil thinking that it is overheating. With a new coil that has a
ballast resistor, the old one did too. The points, cap and rotor always look like new inside. We've
gone over the wiring thinking there was a problem there. Now it just has a hot wired switch for on
and a push button to spin the starter.

We are a wits end with this motor. We've had mechanics come out and they can find nothing
wrong with it. I'm considering trying a Pertronics unit in the ignition and a new Mallory oil filled
coil as well as installing a fuel pressure gauge right before the carburator to make sure that the
fuel delivery is not wigged out somehow.

Has anyone ever experience such a problem with their engine? I'd really rather not put a
Volvo MD2020 with a down angle drive in at the cost of $5500, but that may be the only
way to make this problem go away.