1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

it sure is white...I like white :)
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

it sure is white...I like white :)

i like white too, but this is so bright dont know if i can look at it in direct sunlight without eye protection:cool: might do a few coats of off-white the part of the lid past the 1st ridge was originally green, i was going to leave it white till i get a jon boat for it then paint that part to match the boat
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

so the wife was in the garage earlier and she said " thats really not a bad little motor, we should keep it and get a little jon boat to put it on" a few weeks ago it was "i can't believe you paid $75 for that" all i did was clean and paint it. also i cleaned the points to get it sparking and drained water from the lower unit, took apart and cleaned it then sealed, filled it. :cool: her change in opinion is based completely on the paint:D
 
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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

I'm still hung up on Super Banana Yellow :)
 
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in 1958, my birth year pastels were the rage, you may have seen my 57 pastel blue Scott Atwater, I may go pastel yellow with the hood on it, I think pastel yellow was a factory color for SA back then.
I had never heard of "Super Banana yellow" until about 1972-3ish there abouts when a high school buddys dad bought a new dodge truck with that factory color, we had many a chuckle over Howards yellow truck...it kind of stuck with me for the rest of my life.:happy:

You have a classic and valuable old outboard there, I sure would stick as close to factory as I could on that one and hang the Jon boat color
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

i found a old brochure that said they could be had in green red or black, the lids, they were all a cream/white leg and housing
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

i have a few things i have to get done today for the mrs:facepalm: then later i want to start this motor:D i see a low speed rich/lean and high rich/lean, a choke. no on/off switch. i have spark allways, so how do i shut it off if it starts:confused: does the tiller throttle control cut off the fuel when closed? to start, throttle half way? starting lean/rich settings? any help on the starting procedure appreciated
 

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havn't tried yet but im definitly getting her going tomorrow, i need to mount it to something solid as its a little hard to pull, can really feel the compression, hard to think i was spinning it by hand with the plugs out checking spark:D its so light i have to hold it away while i pull the cord. the tiller handle had markings but i can't tell what they said
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

got it in a tub of water, been pulling the cord, got a couple pops, got to smell burnt 2 stroke, but no putt putt:grumpy: i had hoped it would go easy, but looks like i need to investigate the carb, it was put together with rtv and is dripping from everywhere:blue: bet i find the problem there. also pulled so much the handle broke from the cable, i found a neused one on a broke down mower under the porch that is now fixed:)
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

i removed the carbView attachment 181506View attachment 181507there was a stink bug in there:facepalm: and other grit and garbage, i will take it to work with me tomorrow so i can clean it and fix it, i will cut a paper gasket and do away with the globs of rtv:rolleyes: i cleaned grit, paint chips and bugs out of here too View attachment 181508
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

i'm not finding much info on settings or start up procedure, i search the web now and my own thread is one of the first suggestions:facepalm: does that mean i'm the expert :confused: if so, o boy :faint2: this is gonna be difficult to figure out, i mean on some you start out at 3 or 4 turns from seat, and some start at 3/4 turn from seat, it would be nice to know a good place to start. i may just have to rig up some kind of electric starter to turn this till i get it set to where it starts the first couple pulls
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

i'm not finding much info on settings or start up procedure,

One turn "OPEN" from the "CLOSED" position is the initial setting for each needle according to the info I linked you in post#5.
 
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One turn "OPEN" from the "CLOSED" posiition is the initial setting for each needle according to the info I linked you in post#5.

thank you:D the link has changed somehow takes me somewhere else now, i cleaned the carb at work today, the last wrench to touch it used rtv on the gasket and i found pieces of it everywhere:facepalm:the idle screw was crammed full of little rubber pieces. so i'm going to put it back on and give another try
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

i got it to run:D not well, but it ran for a few minutes, no idle, just reving i was trying to adjust it, so it woud idle and it stalled and i couldn't restart:grumpy: but i got to hear it run, it pumps water and didn't get hot:joyous: got my water dirty View attachment 181639 :D i will monkey with it more after work tomorrow
 

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Re: 1958 Western Auto 5 1/2 hp Wizard Powermatic mfd by Oliver

Sometimes when I'm getting a small motor started for the first time I remove the recoil and use my drill driver and a socket on the flywheel nut so I don't have to yank that rope for what seems like forever.
 
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