jwgeetar
Cadet
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2009
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- 7
hey all, just got my dads old 15' Wards SeaKing boat with a seaking 55hp outboard with Alternating Electric.(what it said on the motor cover).
1-i don't have much info but i do have the original manual which covers the 3.5 hp models through the 55hp. i see an entry where my dads first log was Feb,1970. i can't remember when he bought it but this sounds close. what year would the motor be with this info? or do i need more?
2- this thing hasen't ran in 20 years but should have low hours on it as dad didn't take it out much. is this old motor worth rebuilding?
3-and, whats the safest way of trying to run this thing in my driveway? hookup a waterhose to it? run the propeller in a barrel full of water?
thx all--- and forgive me but at my ripe old age i am learning to work on this boat. so yea---I B A Noob!
thanks again...jw
1-i don't have much info but i do have the original manual which covers the 3.5 hp models through the 55hp. i see an entry where my dads first log was Feb,1970. i can't remember when he bought it but this sounds close. what year would the motor be with this info? or do i need more?
2- this thing hasen't ran in 20 years but should have low hours on it as dad didn't take it out much. is this old motor worth rebuilding?
3-and, whats the safest way of trying to run this thing in my driveway? hookup a waterhose to it? run the propeller in a barrel full of water?
thx all--- and forgive me but at my ripe old age i am learning to work on this boat. so yea---I B A Noob!
thanks again...jw