Hello, just joined this forum, great site! And yesterday, I just purchased my 1st outboard. Have been looking for something for my 16' flat back aluminum canoe, and thought a small vintage outboard would be interesting (I like vintage stuff).
This particular engine is a Monkey Wards Sea King, with a maroon gas tank in nice shape, and no side cover (not sure if it is supposed to have one?), and a rope start. It is actually a pretty clean motor and looked like it hadn't been used much. I looked up the 74GG9006 model number and found it is made by Gale.
It has some issues, of course, which I was assuming would be the case, or he would have started it for me when I offered him less for it because I told him I thought it would take a lot to get it running. I only checked to make sure it wasn't locked up.
After getting it home, I started checking it over and found there was no spark, so I pulled the flywheel and cleaned the points, and have hot white spark now (was almost spotless under the flywheel). After that, I put some gas in the cylinder and turned it over and it sputtered, but I thought there was excessive piston play when I turned the crank and back and forth, so next I pulled the carb and noticed, looking through the intake port, that the connecting rod cap was loose. Looks like the rod cap screws are backed out some, so that is on the list to fix. Are these both common problems on these engines?
One of my other questions is about the carb. It had a lot of white powder in the bowl where there is a screen that filters the gas. And, there is a primer plunger that is just loose in that chamber (and doesn't stay in the up position). Is there a spring or something that holds that plunger up? Where can I get an exploded view of this carb, or the info I need to go through it?
Any links anywhere to info on this motor?
Lastly, I am assuming the people responding to these forum questions have more experience than I do with outboards, so is this motor worth fixing up, or would I be farther ahead selling it and looking for something else for a canoe, and letting someone hang this one on a wall in a restaurant? I was hoping to find a lightweight single cylinder gas motor. Don't really want to have a marine battery in the canoe for an electric motor, and looking to keep the cost down. Thanks.
This particular engine is a Monkey Wards Sea King, with a maroon gas tank in nice shape, and no side cover (not sure if it is supposed to have one?), and a rope start. It is actually a pretty clean motor and looked like it hadn't been used much. I looked up the 74GG9006 model number and found it is made by Gale.
It has some issues, of course, which I was assuming would be the case, or he would have started it for me when I offered him less for it because I told him I thought it would take a lot to get it running. I only checked to make sure it wasn't locked up.
After getting it home, I started checking it over and found there was no spark, so I pulled the flywheel and cleaned the points, and have hot white spark now (was almost spotless under the flywheel). After that, I put some gas in the cylinder and turned it over and it sputtered, but I thought there was excessive piston play when I turned the crank and back and forth, so next I pulled the carb and noticed, looking through the intake port, that the connecting rod cap was loose. Looks like the rod cap screws are backed out some, so that is on the list to fix. Are these both common problems on these engines?
One of my other questions is about the carb. It had a lot of white powder in the bowl where there is a screen that filters the gas. And, there is a primer plunger that is just loose in that chamber (and doesn't stay in the up position). Is there a spring or something that holds that plunger up? Where can I get an exploded view of this carb, or the info I need to go through it?
Any links anywhere to info on this motor?
Lastly, I am assuming the people responding to these forum questions have more experience than I do with outboards, so is this motor worth fixing up, or would I be farther ahead selling it and looking for something else for a canoe, and letting someone hang this one on a wall in a restaurant? I was hoping to find a lightweight single cylinder gas motor. Don't really want to have a marine battery in the canoe for an electric motor, and looking to keep the cost down. Thanks.
