Photos of how to replace starter knob on 1923 Elto Ruddertwin

[Monte NZ]

Back on the 5th of July 2023 I posted a request for the above and Tubs very kindly replied to my request with several excellent photos. I printed them off and put them aside and now after hunting high and low I can’t find them, and when I went back his post yesterday the photos have gone, so Tubs or anyone who reads my request and can help me out again, I would be very grateful.

This request has come about, as the flywheel on this motor has had the knob removed by someone who decided to make a rope start modification, by machining a groove in the flywheel (and throwing away the knob,) so if all goes to plan, I intend to make a replacement.

So once again, many thanks in advance for any help.

Monte NZ

[RICHARD A. WHITE]

Check out this file, near the last pages, might be what you are looking for

http://www.richardsoutboardtools.com
classicomctools@gmail.com

[Tubs]

 

A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.

[Tubs]

 

I have a flywheel I’d be glad to give ya, but it weighs 10 lbs. with out packaging, and I don’t think it would make it all the way to you in just a cardboard box. Can’t imagine what it would cost. Would tariffs apply?

A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.

[Monte NZ]

Thanks very much Richard and Tubs for your prompt replies…….a big  help and much appreciated!

I must admit I felt a goat Tubs having to ask again, so thank you!

Thanks Richard for the diagrams (nice surprise) and the photos again Tubs…….all very helpful!

Thanks too Tubs , for your very kind offer of your one as a gift ha ha…….nice thought, but I think the costs to get it to NZ , would be staggering!

I have included a link  to photos of my flywheel showing what had been done to it before I got it.

Hopefully it will look like yours when finished!

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/r8QDjmW79SDHihoc8

Thanks very much once again.

Monte NZ

[PM T2]

A friend of mine salvaged a Lockwood-Ash rowboat motor flywheel that had been savagely treated like the one on your Elto. He basically wrapped threaded rod around the groove and tack welded the ends together, then spot brazed it in several spots to make sure it was locked down good and tight. The rest of the groove was filled in with JB Weld epoxy. When finished, you can’t tell it ever had a groove in it. Granted, its a painted flywheel, not plated like the Elto. I also can’t speak to how well it was balanced after the repair, but its a thought anyway.

Best,
PM T2

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...

[Monte NZ]

Hi PM T2. Thanks very much for your reply.

Your suggestion is just about exactly  the same as mine. even down to the JBWeld……..we must have gone to the same school ha ha!

The balancing job will be interesting. I am thinking of building up with brazing the area on the outside of the hole where the knob was. Fortunately the motor doesn’t rev that high, so that method should make it safe.

Thanks very much for your suggestion.

Monte NZ

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