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Got lucky here and thought it may help others. Found parts manual for my 1970 Sea King 9.6 hp at www.agriconmanuals.com
It's really an agriculture site, but they have a marine section and many pages of older marine engine manuals, not just Sea King. Hope it helps others too.
I believe i have a 1970 (?) Sea King 9.6 HP in great shape. M/N is VWB27009A & S/N is 10643. Engines idles and revs fine in neutral and even seems to rev fine in gear while in a 55 gal drum of water. But on the boat in the lake under load, engine bogs badly until it dies. Removed the...
I have a 9.6 SeaKing M/N VWB27009A 07X, S/N 10643 (circa 1965?) that I inheireted from my grandfather in 1990, on a 14' SeaKing fishing boat. It's been in the smallest of ponds to the Gulf many times without ever an issue. In fact the only thing I've ever done is change shaft oil. Today...