"I recently just purcased my f
"I recently just purcased my first boat (14ft jon boat) and was also given a couple old chrystler motors, a 5hp model 52ha serial 1819 and a 6hp model 62hb serial 11855. I have no idea what year these are or how long its been since they've been run, i assume a long time, i need to know what fuel ratio and any other info i can get. I will admit i couldn't resist giving these things a few cranks to see where i stood so i filled a 55 gallon drum, clamped the motors on, put some 50:1 chainsaw gas i had laying around in the tank, primed it and low and behold only after 3 cranks the 5hp fired and quikly sputtered out, sweet. I could not get it to run for more than a couple seconds but i do have a glimmer of hope. Although anxious to carry on i've decided to seek some much needed advice as i have never messed with marine motors before. These motors look alot the same so I,m wondering if i can swap parts from one to the other to make 1 good motor. BTW, could not get the 6 to fire, no spark, so I'm just gonna work on the 5 for now, also how hard is it gonna be to find parts for these.Thanks in advance for any advice, info on these motors."
"I recently just purcased my first boat (14ft jon boat) and was also given a couple old chrystler motors, a 5hp model 52ha serial 1819 and a 6hp model 62hb serial 11855. I have no idea what year these are or how long its been since they've been run, i assume a long time, i need to know what fuel ratio and any other info i can get. I will admit i couldn't resist giving these things a few cranks to see where i stood so i filled a 55 gallon drum, clamped the motors on, put some 50:1 chainsaw gas i had laying around in the tank, primed it and low and behold only after 3 cranks the 5hp fired and quikly sputtered out, sweet. I could not get it to run for more than a couple seconds but i do have a glimmer of hope. Although anxious to carry on i've decided to seek some much needed advice as i have never messed with marine motors before. These motors look alot the same so I,m wondering if i can swap parts from one to the other to make 1 good motor. BTW, could not get the 6 to fire, no spark, so I'm just gonna work on the 5 for now, also how hard is it gonna be to find parts for these.Thanks in advance for any advice, info on these motors."