Topic: How the hell?????? – Page 2 – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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June 8, 2016 at 10:50 pm #37945
PM T2
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<yawn> no such trouble on a rowboat motor..

He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...
June 8, 2016 at 10:53 pm #37946
fisherman6
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Oh yeah, and I AM an engineer (for 17 years)… 😎 and I say the same thing all the time.

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June 8, 2016 at 10:54 pm #37947
RICHARD A. WHITE
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quote PM T2:

no such trouble on a rowboat motor..

EPIC!!!

+1

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June 8, 2016 at 10:54 pm #37948
dan-in-tn
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Once you get the hang of the two screw driver tango to re-start the nut you will never touch that rewind again. That motor hadn’t been out in production for two years before an old mechanic showed me the knock off trick. I have never forgot it. Long narrow flat blade screw drivers are the trick to starting the nut back on. Actually knocking the nut on & off is the easy part. I have a small dull punch that doesn’t even mark up the nut too bad.

Dan in TN
June 8, 2016 at 11:07 pm #37949
retiredoz
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Yet another ‘designed for assembly’ example.
I still wake up screaming after dreaming of reassembling the throttle linkage on a ’90s 9.9 Force. Those designers must have stayed up REALLY late to come up with that one..
June 8, 2016 at 11:24 pm #37952
billw
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Yeah, I always have done it like Fisherman 6 and Chris P….

Long live American manufacturing!
June 9, 2016 at 12:03 am #37953
fisherman6
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Hi Dan,
I have done the two screwdriver tango to start nuts on quite a few carbs including this one and a few other hard to access things I have worked on. That works great! I have also used the punch to loosen and tighten nuts. My grandpa taught me that one when I was a wee tot. I just had an easier time tilting the recoil back on these motors. I like to have the access and it’s pretty simple to do, just take care not to turn that spring loose. 😮
-Ben

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June 9, 2016 at 1:09 am #37957
jeff-register
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I’m with you Richard. Those sidewinders never did much for me.
June 9, 2016 at 1:27 am #37958
george-emmanuel
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I use a right angle open end wrench and preferrably the miniature sized ones.

George
June 9, 2016 at 12:18 pm #37975
melugin
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The first couple were quite a problem. I loosen the recoil and remove it’s mounting bolts. Move it forward to remove the carb cam and it’s mounting screw. Now, I can loosen the carb nut with a wrench.
Replacing the carb nuts by positioning them with a dental pick. Then they can be properly tightened with a wrench. Now just drop the cam follower and back up washer a few times before tightening and you are nearly done.
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