Recent content by kooldecker

thats coming along nicely! im presently involved in one myself. ill be posting it soon. where yat in south jersey? im in deptford myself. always good to see locals on these boards lol

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what were your mistaken posts? so i can learn myself. are the new tanks trash?

so basically everything that gets sealed could benifit from a little sealing compound?

I had ordered some sealing compound today as well thank you. it's funny you mention threading the bushing that was my first idea to do exactly that and make a little puller but of course I had every size of bolt and all thread known to man except for the one I need LOL and I wasn't going out of...

so i took the plunge and tore the whole thing apart. ordered a lower seal kit as well and im gonna go over the whole thing. that bushing over the shift shaft seal is a bugger! i had to sacrifice a screwdriver and make a punch for it. i noticed that previous owners somewhere along the line tried...

ill be sure to pap but i think it was the spaghetti seal on the housing. there was nothing. bare metal to metal . not even any silicone or an attempt at a seal. so you think that seal is just an extra? i just want to make sure im doing it right. im looking ( without much luck for a darn exploded...

never knew you could out bigger carbs on small engines like that. i would think it would just stress internals and use more gas. anyway i like this little motor. only think id change is some sort of electric start but its pretty impossible on this one i believe

pappy this question is for you. i started to break down the lower unit to replace the water pump/impeller. first thing i noticeced upon draining the oil was water. but as went further the a absence of ANY seal for the lower instantly answered that problem. now as i got into the lower , i...

well the problem sort of worked itself out. pappy already knows (from another thread lol) but i found a real deal for a 9.5 and jumped on it. i may still in the future still buy a lil guy if the right one presents itself. but thank you so much for all your input as always!

thats what i was looking for. and no im with you about patronizing local biz first. im hitting my local place tomowwow morning but if its fruitless or they are just going to rake me over the coals for price ill try that site.

well so far i think the mounts are ok. and i had it in a bucket pappy so i totally did not have it submerged below the clamshells . im gonna try it again. bit its really just moot because im going to do the waterpump impeller no matter what immediately. wheres the best place to get an oem kit ...

Wow that was so much info thank you! Wish i lived nearby id love to just sit and see your shop lol. I have one more question for now. First... i put it in a drum, pumped some new gas...and it fired and idled smooth as blantons bourbon on the 3rd pull! Its been in storage for like 10 yrs. Amazing...

thanks alot pappy, i did wind up getting it. i didnt notice much movement in the powerhead, but then again i dont know if any is acceptable so im going to check it out this weekend, the exhaust looks to be ok on the first inspection, so ill be looking at that as well the first inspection. im a...

pappy what should my proper mix ratio be for such an animal ? and are there any special starting instructions i should know about? first old outboard ive ever owned really.