Hello!
Last fall I traded a van for a 1959 Lonestar with a 1960 Lark ii 40hp. It had sat for maybe a few months according to the PO. I resealed the lower unit, new impeller and gear oil, rebuilt the carb and the fuel pump and new plugs. Set the points gap and we seem to be running good. The other day in a barrel is the first time I've had it running. I expected to see some water coming out somewhere. It seems like the water outlet for the cooling system on these is in the exhaust where the little rubber boot connects to the rear housing. I figured the thermostat hadn't opened yet. They are cheap enough I went ahead and ordered one, and figured I would just pull the existing one out and run without one to tune the carb and put in the new one later. I checked and there is not one there. I blew compressed air into the outlets inside the housing. The one farthest toward the starboard side seemed to run down to the water intake and I got air passing through. The other into the head it was harder to tell. It was bone dry in there, but this was two days after running in the barrel, so that might make sense.
My questions are,
-How is the water supposed to come out on these? Some videos online show steam kind of shooting out the exhaust, while my last (newer) outboard had a steady stream of water, so I'm not exactly sure what I am supposed to be looking for.
-I am 99% certain the key for the impeller is in place, and that it is oriented correctly. If my thinking is correct, I can verify the impeller doing it's job by checking for flow at the thermostat housing, correct? I can drop the lower unit if I need to, but I think this would verify if the impeller is moving water.
Last fall I traded a van for a 1959 Lonestar with a 1960 Lark ii 40hp. It had sat for maybe a few months according to the PO. I resealed the lower unit, new impeller and gear oil, rebuilt the carb and the fuel pump and new plugs. Set the points gap and we seem to be running good. The other day in a barrel is the first time I've had it running. I expected to see some water coming out somewhere. It seems like the water outlet for the cooling system on these is in the exhaust where the little rubber boot connects to the rear housing. I figured the thermostat hadn't opened yet. They are cheap enough I went ahead and ordered one, and figured I would just pull the existing one out and run without one to tune the carb and put in the new one later. I checked and there is not one there. I blew compressed air into the outlets inside the housing. The one farthest toward the starboard side seemed to run down to the water intake and I got air passing through. The other into the head it was harder to tell. It was bone dry in there, but this was two days after running in the barrel, so that might make sense.
My questions are,
-How is the water supposed to come out on these? Some videos online show steam kind of shooting out the exhaust, while my last (newer) outboard had a steady stream of water, so I'm not exactly sure what I am supposed to be looking for.
-I am 99% certain the key for the impeller is in place, and that it is oriented correctly. If my thinking is correct, I can verify the impeller doing it's job by checking for flow at the thermostat housing, correct? I can drop the lower unit if I need to, but I think this would verify if the impeller is moving water.