Small Sea King question

[Travis C]

Hello, new hear and have a few questions. i just picked up a little sea king, i dont know the year, modle # or serial #. where would i find them, i looked all over that motor and found nothing that resembls them. i was told by the seller it was a 3.5hp but all it says on it is 1.8 N.O.A brake hores power at 3500 RPM. the problem with it is it starts and runs at full throttle for a minute or two and dies, also wount idle or run at lower speeds. any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Here are a few pics of my motor. thank you.

Travis

 

[Tom @ Buzzard Bluff]

Re: Small Sea King question

Hello, new hear and have a few questions. i just picked up a little sea king, i dont know the year, modle # or serial #. where would i find them, i looked all over that motor and found nothing that resembls them. i was told by the seller it was a 3.5hp but all it says on it is 1.8 N.O.A brake hores power at 3500 RPM. the problem with it is it starts and runs at full throttle for a minute or two and dies, also wount idle or run at lower speeds. any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Here are a few pics of my motor. thank you.

Very nice find! Wish I could get so lucky. A nice original complete with legible decals of that age is hard to find! It needs no restoration----just a good cleaning and a dab of polish will have it ready for a show.

Unfortunately it's a little too old for me to identify. I suspect it's a pre-war motor----if not then only a year or two after the war. I also suspect that it wasn't produced by the Gale division of OMC as were the post-war Sea Kings.

Best course would be to post the pics and questions where the old engine experts 'hang out'----the antique outboards club 'Ask-a-member' forum. You'll probably find out more than you want to know.

<http://www.aomci.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=askamember>

 

[Travis C]

Re: Small Sea King question

thanks, i picked it up for $100 from a guy on craigs list. gotta love craigs list.
any idea on why it wont stay running or idle?

 

[Tom @ Buzzard Bluff]

Re: Small Sea King question

thanks, i picked it up for $100 from a guy on craigs list. gotta love craigs list. any idea on why it wont stay running or idle?

Check to see if the timing and throttle are actually linked together. On some earlier engines they were not. Also loosen the gas line where it fits onto the carb and see if fuel flow is sufficient for it to continue running.
And hope that FR sees this thread either here or on the AOMCI board.
You should get a lot of responses on your Ask-a-member post by in the morning.

 

[Travis C]

Re: Small Sea King question

before i posted on here i took the carb of to see how it looked and i ran some fuel through the line and it looks like its ok. but i dont know how to take the flout out to check the jet. any ideas? as for the throttle and timing im not sure, i'll have to pull the pull rope part off and see if its hooked to any thing. thanks

 

[F_R]

Re: Small Sea King question

It was made by Evinrude. I'm guessing 1939 or 1940. Garry at aomci will know all the details. He ate those things for breakfast.

 

[Travis C]

Re: Small Sea King question

Wow, that old. i new it was old but not that old. any idea on where i might find the modle and serial #'s on it? thank i'll have to see if i can locate garry on aomci.. thanks again.