Topic: Lockwood 72T Flywheel thingy – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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January 31, 2020 at 8:32 pm #193689
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What is the purpose of the brass washer attached to the nub that sticks
out of the top of the flywheel. I studied if for a while and just went “Huh”?

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January 31, 2020 at 10:23 pm #193714
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January 31, 2020 at 10:30 pm #193718
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Tubs, I considered “balance weights”, but dismissed it as the flywheel casting is
different just where the weight is, but perhaps that casting “boss” is to
make up for the loss of mass from the two inspection holes, and the added
weight is to “fine tune” the balance.

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January 31, 2020 at 11:13 pm #193722
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I to would guess balance weights for lack of better ideas but that sure is a ineffective place to put a balance weight… and crude too… and unnecessarily costly both in labor and material. So…. very questionable??
Note the drilled holes at the outer edge of both wheels.. that is how balancing is done. Makes no sense to try balancing by either adding or removing weight near the hub.

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February 1, 2020 at 11:23 am #193736
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February 1, 2020 at 1:27 pm #193741
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I thought I remembered mine hand the same “fly wheel thingy”, so I had to pull the flywheel and take a look.While I had the flywheel off I took a picture of my coil conversion.
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February 1, 2020 at 6:31 pm #193752
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Stanley, thanks for the photos. Did you find new secondary terminal ends
(on you green wires) that fit snug in the bakelite post? It would be easier
to eliminate the bakelite connectors, and run the spark plug wires right
to the coils, but I was thinking of doing as you did.

Also, do you have noted what mfd condenser matched up to that coil?
Thanks.

Tubs, my expertise at “balancing” things was working at a gas station
a couple of years in the 70’s, pumping gas and fixing tires.
The static “bubble balancer” was our “high tech” of the day!

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February 3, 2020 at 9:58 am #193832
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Fred, does the nub on the extra casting on the top side line up with a indent on the rope plate so it only goes on one way? I don’t have a Lockwood so just guessing but maybe an alignment so rope plate is always on the same.
February 3, 2020 at 10:16 am #193833
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February 3, 2020 at 11:55 am #193847
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squierka39 wrote:

Fred, does the nub on the extra casting on the top side line up with a indent on the rope plate so it only goes on one way? I don’t have a Lockwood so just guessing but maybe an alignment so rope plate is always on the same.

Michael, not sure, but will look.

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