I am thinking about picking up a 1979 beachcomber with a 1979 55 HP Chrysler on it. I have never worked on a chrysler and after a few taps on the floats of the carbs and a jump, I got the engine running. It spit out water and the powerhead was cool to the touch, the cylinder walls however were not. I saw a "plug", or so it looked like on top of the cylinders and was wondering if these outboards take a bit of oil in there? It ran good, but I almost heard a slight knocking. Maybe no oil at all and just running rough. I did a compression test and both cylinders were around 70 psig and the plugs have no oil on them. I am running a 35:1 mixture in it. Please help if you know these engines. Thank you
I can get all this and the boat is in very good shape, just needs a few things replaced, but the hull doesn't even have a scratch on it. All this for $300 sounds like a good deal right???
I can get all this and the boat is in very good shape, just needs a few things replaced, but the hull doesn't even have a scratch on it. All this for $300 sounds like a good deal right???