Hello all, this is my first post and really glad I found this forum. I picked up an old bass boat with a 1977? (serial # 4735457) 1150 115hp inline 6 with tilt and trim, stainless prop and looks like new wiring, new hoses on the trim unit and pretty well kept.Looks like someone had just put new rubber lines and new control cables and other new wiring parts. Boat needs to be cut up and disposed of but motor and trailer look pretty good. Motor looks really clean outside and under the hood, BUT I don't know diddly about boat motors and the guy (an old friend of mine) that I got it from (free) said all the motor needs is a new starter and a good boat. He took the starter off to get a new one about a year ago and don't know what he did with it. Anyway... I can buy a starter by the motor serial #, but before I do I wanted to turn the motor over by hand. So I put the control straight up at 12 o'clock and the prop now turns both directions freely which I would guess means it is in neutral. So I have the wrap off and the top cover and trying to turn the engine by hand with the flywheel and only moves about 1/8" either direction. I put it in gear and pushed the prop with my foot and flywheel turns the same 1/8th inch. Can't get it to turn over by hand. I put a rope on the flywheel and can't turn it. Doesn't feel like the engine is froze solid, since a push on the prop with my foot does transfer to the flywheel, but just enough to see it move about a couple hairs. I'm wondering is there anything I'm missing? Like is there something that could be holding the motor from turning? Does the motor have to be all the way down in the run position or is there a safety lock or something. I removed the plugs and shot a small shot of wd40 into each cylinder and tried to turn with the plugs out and still will not move other than a hair back and forth. The flywheel is still in exactly the same position as when I started will only move back and forth about 1/16 or 1/8th".
Anybody got any idea what this could be? Gotta start somewhere!
thanks
rob
Anybody got any idea what this could be? Gotta start somewhere!
thanks
rob