Thought I would share a few progress pics of this project so far. What was supposed to be "Just needs a kill switch, and she will fire right up" has morphed into a semi-restoration lol Picked this one up for $380 bucks, said it just needed a kill switch. So far I am into a new kill switch, CDI box, new thermostat, intake gaskets, carb gasket, new impeller, housing, gaskets, a carb overhaul, and sorting out the wiring mess- well she is a great runner now. Few minor issues to sort out, the oil light won't light up for some reason, tested the sensor, wires, and the bulb, but no light, I know it has pressure so not sweating it for now. Also found a small leak at the exhaust gasket where it bolts to the head, seems to leak less and less the more I run it, but I may need to pull the head to swap out another gasket. So far real happy with the progress, thought I would have it on the water by now, but it has thrown me every challenge I can think of so far.
Fires on the first pull now, needed to tweak the choke rod to pull the choke completely shut, otherwise it was finicky on cold starts.
My small leak, figures the one gasket I decided to reuse too.
The new lower unit parts, went together smooth. I put a dab of grease on the drive shaft, and guided the water tube into the housing. When I pulled this apart, the water tube was just chilling out - outside of the pump housing, so that explains why it wasn't cooling. and the thermostat was on it's last leg after 40+ years.
Pic of it idling, runs like a top. It seems to idle smoothest with the pilot screw about 1 1/4 turn from stop, otherwise the idle would surge at times when it warms up.
Not sure if I should run it on the water with that exhaust gasket leaking water, it never overcomes the weep hole in the housing, and I really don't want to take the head off if I can avoid it this summer. Hope to do a water test tomorrow, we shall see.
Thanks to jgmo for all the help on this one! If it weren't for this board, not sure I would have been able to conquer this beast!
Fires on the first pull now, needed to tweak the choke rod to pull the choke completely shut, otherwise it was finicky on cold starts.
My small leak, figures the one gasket I decided to reuse too.
The new lower unit parts, went together smooth. I put a dab of grease on the drive shaft, and guided the water tube into the housing. When I pulled this apart, the water tube was just chilling out - outside of the pump housing, so that explains why it wasn't cooling. and the thermostat was on it's last leg after 40+ years.
Pic of it idling, runs like a top. It seems to idle smoothest with the pilot screw about 1 1/4 turn from stop, otherwise the idle would surge at times when it warms up.
Not sure if I should run it on the water with that exhaust gasket leaking water, it never overcomes the weep hole in the housing, and I really don't want to take the head off if I can avoid it this summer. Hope to do a water test tomorrow, we shall see.
Thanks to jgmo for all the help on this one! If it weren't for this board, not sure I would have been able to conquer this beast!
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