Skeez,
They BOTH run, and very well, thank you. Hence my comment about
'maintenance' - as in 'Preventative Mantainence'. Always add a 'Fuel
Preservative' and run the carb dry after use.Check, clean and/or replace
plugs at both beginning and end of 'season'. Change 'lower end' oil
similarly. Clean, wax, cover, & store upright over the winter, etc.
With a 'rack' I can use a 15 or 25 gal trash can. Just deep enough to cover
the water intake to check / clean the pump. No need to go much above idle,
and have a hose supplying 'make-up' water. These are rather small motors -
for small sailboats - 6hp and 3.5hp.
Regards & Thanks
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
{People are amazed that they always start on the first or second pull }
"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote
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> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:13:41 GMT, "Ron Magen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
SNIP
Especially since I now have two small motors to care for.
> >
SNIP
> BUT did ya ever get em runnin? BTW i always use a 55 gallon drum.
SNIP
While finishing my EMT training in NC, I got to intern at the local
Emergency Room.
Guy came in with his hand all wrapped up in a towl, said he was working on
an outboard motor that he had in a 55 gallon drum.
Couldnt tell if the prop was turning since the exaust from the engine was
bubbling the water, so he stuck his hand down in there.
Those were some pretty nasty stitches, his hands were really calused (sp?)
and the major cut was from the bottom of the palm across his hand and up the
thumb to the tip. Doc had a hard time getting the needle through the skin.
Something I always keep in the back of my head when I'm working on my boat.
Tom
"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:13:41 GMT, "Ron Magen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >JT,
> >Thanks for this one.
> >
> >While I do agree with Leon, a couple of these {albeit a bit narrower}
will
> >do nicely for winter storage and maintenance. Especially since I now have
> >two small motors to care for.
> >
> >Regards & Thanks,
> >Ron Magen
> >Backyard Boatshop
> >
> >"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> http://www.infoblvd.net/sah/Outboarder/1979/jul79-9.html
> >>
> >> JOAT
> >> The Good are Innocent so they invented Justice. The Evil are Guilty so
> >> they invented Mercy.
> >> - Unknown
> >>
> >
>
> BUT did ya ever get em runnin? BTW i always use a 55 gallon drum. that
> way if i need to start it to make adjustments or whatever it will be
> in water.
>
> skeez
JT,
Thanks for this one.
While I do agree with Leon, a couple of these {albeit a bit narrower} will
do nicely for winter storage and maintenance. Especially since I now have
two small motors to care for.
Regards & Thanks,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> http://www.infoblvd.net/sah/Outboarder/1979/jul79-9.html
>
> JOAT
> The Good are Innocent so they invented Justice. The Evil are Guilty so
> they invented Mercy.
> - Unknown
>
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:55:44 GMT, "Ron Magen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Skeez,
>They BOTH run, and very well, thank you. Hence my comment about
>'maintenance' - as in 'Preventative Mantainence'. Always add a 'Fuel
>Preservative' and run the carb dry after use.Check, clean and/or replace
>plugs at both beginning and end of 'season'. Change 'lower end' oil
>similarly. Clean, wax, cover, & store upright over the winter, etc.
>
>With a 'rack' I can use a 15 or 25 gal trash can. Just deep enough to cover
>the water intake to check / clean the pump. No need to go much above idle,
>and have a hose supplying 'make-up' water. These are rather small motors -
>for small sailboats - 6hp and 3.5hp.
>
>Regards & Thanks
>Ron Magen
>Backyard Boatshop
>{People are amazed that they always start on the first or second pull }
>
>
>"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote
>SNIP
>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:13:41 GMT, "Ron Magen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>SNIP
> Especially since I now have two small motors to care for.
>> >
>SNIP
>> BUT did ya ever get em runnin? BTW i always use a 55 gallon drum.
>SNIP
>
sorry bout that. i was askin JT. i sent 2 small outboards his way last
year. he was gonna get his boys to get em running.
skeez
Sat, Apr 24, 2004, 8:53pm (EDT+4) [email protected] (skeezics)
says:
sorry bout that. i was askin JT. i sent 2 small outboards his way last
year. he was gonna get his boys to get em running.
Decided to drop in, and spotted this. Nope. However, I do think
they're gonna start on the Luv. Hehehe I've kinda got them in a
corner. About time.
I see the trolls are still trying to act cool. And, failing
miserably. They're so lame it's pitiful. They are really sad
individuals. In a way, they make me think of cockroaches.
I now have wood knobs, for the gear shift, and turn signal, for my
GMC. LOL
Later
JOAT
The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the
attack on all authority, advantage, or privilege. These things are not
done away with, it is needless to say, but numerous scapegoats are made
of the less politically powerful, to satisfy the egalitarian rage
awakened.
~ Wyndham Lewis
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:29:49 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:
>Sat, Apr 24, 2004, 8:53pm (EDT+4) [email protected] (skeezics)
>says:
>sorry bout that. i was askin JT. i sent 2 small outboards his way last
>year. he was gonna get his boys to get em running.
>
> Decided to drop in, and spotted this. Nope. However, I do think
>they're gonna start on the Luv. Hehehe I've kinda got them in a
>corner. About time.
>
> I see the trolls are still trying to act cool. And, failing
>miserably. They're so lame it's pitiful. They are really sad
>individuals. In a way, they make me think of cockroaches.
>
> I now have wood knobs, for the gear shift, and turn signal, for my
>GMC. LOL
>
>Later
>
>JOAT
>The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the
>attack on all authority, advantage, or privilege. These things are not
>done away with, it is needless to say, but numerous scapegoats are made
>of the less politically powerful, to satisfy the egalitarian rage
>awakened.
>~ Wyndham Lewis
Dont feel too bad. I havent done anything with those handsaws either.
wish my son was here so i could blame that on his lazy a##!!!!!.lol..
skeez
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:13:41 GMT, "Ron Magen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>JT,
>Thanks for this one.
>
>While I do agree with Leon, a couple of these {albeit a bit narrower} will
>do nicely for winter storage and maintenance. Especially since I now have
>two small motors to care for.
>
>Regards & Thanks,
>Ron Magen
>Backyard Boatshop
>
>"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> http://www.infoblvd.net/sah/Outboarder/1979/jul79-9.html
>>
>> JOAT
>> The Good are Innocent so they invented Justice. The Evil are Guilty so
>> they invented Mercy.
>> - Unknown
>>
>
BUT did ya ever get em runnin? BTW i always use a 55 gallon drum. that
way if i need to start it to make adjustments or whatever it will be
in water.
skeez