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<blockquote data-quote="Shaugh" data-source="post: 451896" data-attributes="member: 19781"><p>56 was a transitional year for using needle bearings. Some of the smaller motors were still using 16:1 and others were changed to 24:1. Many collectors believe that 10hp motor should be run at 16:1 because of the weak wrist pins.</p><p></p><p>The reality is that either mixture will work perfectly fine. Old outboard motors are very crude devices... They were designed at a time when people were not very good at following instructions....When I was a kid, my father used to judge the mix by color.... he'd just pour it in till it looked right...Gas quality could also be questionable.....nobody worried about Stabil back then.... because of that, they were engineered to perform within a very wide band of conditions. If it was me I'd just run it at 1 quart per 5 gal tank...... it's easier that way.... and the color will be near perfect...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaugh, post: 451896, member: 19781"] 56 was a transitional year for using needle bearings. Some of the smaller motors were still using 16:1 and others were changed to 24:1. Many collectors believe that 10hp motor should be run at 16:1 because of the weak wrist pins. The reality is that either mixture will work perfectly fine. Old outboard motors are very crude devices... They were designed at a time when people were not very good at following instructions....When I was a kid, my father used to judge the mix by color.... he'd just pour it in till it looked right...Gas quality could also be questionable.....nobody worried about Stabil back then.... because of that, they were engineered to perform within a very wide band of conditions. If it was me I'd just run it at 1 quart per 5 gal tank...... it's easier that way.... and the color will be near perfect... [/QUOTE]
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