Hello all,
I have acquired a Sea King five, GG18736D.. I have placed this as a 1962 OMC Gale. Correct? It was my grandpa's from new, and has about 20 hours on it as he says. He had it overhauled it at an OMC dealer in 1994. From looking in the points window, we have new coils, points, condensers.
I don't have the manual though. My experience is with a 1955 evinrude 7.5... Is this carb the same as for a 1962 J/E 5.5HP? I'm looking for needle settings for the carb (it has these goofy linkages to adjustment knobs placed lower than the carb.) It has a fuel pump and one-line tank, which is new for me. I don't see a filter bowl under the carb... where is the filtering/straining occuring? Should I add a filter?
The lower unit looks like a J/E unit... If need be, can I use impeller/gearcase parts from the 1962 J/E 5.5's? How about lower unit lube? Hypoid OK?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I believe this motor has lots of life in it, but I don't want to do something wrong and ruin that.
Thanks all,
Jonathan
I have acquired a Sea King five, GG18736D.. I have placed this as a 1962 OMC Gale. Correct? It was my grandpa's from new, and has about 20 hours on it as he says. He had it overhauled it at an OMC dealer in 1994. From looking in the points window, we have new coils, points, condensers.
I don't have the manual though. My experience is with a 1955 evinrude 7.5... Is this carb the same as for a 1962 J/E 5.5HP? I'm looking for needle settings for the carb (it has these goofy linkages to adjustment knobs placed lower than the carb.) It has a fuel pump and one-line tank, which is new for me. I don't see a filter bowl under the carb... where is the filtering/straining occuring? Should I add a filter?
The lower unit looks like a J/E unit... If need be, can I use impeller/gearcase parts from the 1962 J/E 5.5's? How about lower unit lube? Hypoid OK?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I believe this motor has lots of life in it, but I don't want to do something wrong and ruin that.
Thanks all,
Jonathan