loose rivet
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Jul 31, 2011
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I was given two motors yesterday, one runs but has a bunch of missing bolts and screws on the power head, the other runs but dies in the water. It'll start and run fine out the water, but locks up in the water. It had me puzzled at first, it ran fine, on 24:1 chainsaw mix, I hung it in a barrel and it tried to start it and it seized up. When I pulled the plug I got water?
I pump out the water, and it starts and runs fine out of the water, if I hang it in a barrel, it fills the cylinder with water and locks up. This is an air cooled motor, how or where can water be getting up into the motor?
Not so much that I care to fix it, it's most likely going to be a donor motor to the other one, but how would water get up the exhaust into the cylinder on one of these? The motor is only in the water about a foot, it takes less than half a pull on the rope to lock up the motor, if I pull the plug with the motor in the water it slobbers water out the plug hole when pulling the rope. Its in rough shape, it appears to have seen salt water use but it runs fine out of the water. I realize these have a water pump, but I don't see how it can pump water up into the power head? I tried to get the power head off but the bolts are rusted in place. The only way its coming apart is by force or by drilling out all the bolts.
The model number is a 217/58592-0, I had no luck finding any info on it at Sears, it wouldn't take the number but its stamped plain as day on the tag.
This one is new enough to have solid state ignition, a built in tank, and plastic transom brackets.
The other motor I got with it is older, its all aluminum with only a remote tank option. It runs but the screws that hold the shroud on are broken off and need to be drilled out or worked loose. It runs but the tin rubs the flywheel. That one has points.
They came with some spare parts, and several spare impellers and props, along with a 14' Sears boat.
I pump out the water, and it starts and runs fine out of the water, if I hang it in a barrel, it fills the cylinder with water and locks up. This is an air cooled motor, how or where can water be getting up into the motor?
Not so much that I care to fix it, it's most likely going to be a donor motor to the other one, but how would water get up the exhaust into the cylinder on one of these? The motor is only in the water about a foot, it takes less than half a pull on the rope to lock up the motor, if I pull the plug with the motor in the water it slobbers water out the plug hole when pulling the rope. Its in rough shape, it appears to have seen salt water use but it runs fine out of the water. I realize these have a water pump, but I don't see how it can pump water up into the power head? I tried to get the power head off but the bolts are rusted in place. The only way its coming apart is by force or by drilling out all the bolts.
The model number is a 217/58592-0, I had no luck finding any info on it at Sears, it wouldn't take the number but its stamped plain as day on the tag.
This one is new enough to have solid state ignition, a built in tank, and plastic transom brackets.
The other motor I got with it is older, its all aluminum with only a remote tank option. It runs but the screws that hold the shroud on are broken off and need to be drilled out or worked loose. It runs but the tin rubs the flywheel. That one has points.
They came with some spare parts, and several spare impellers and props, along with a 14' Sears boat.