restoration

[PM T2]

Saw this ad in the classified section.

Here’s a "restored" motor with a major flaw, and I’m not referring to the colour of the tank. Easy to spot the issue that I’m pointing out.. if you know Evinrude rowboat motors…..

https://aomci.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10728

Bon appetit

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...

[outboardshed]

Phillips head screws, one broken. Phillips screws came out I believe in the 40’s

[hotrod]

That lower unit came out in ’22, as did that tiller arm. Also missing the water line. Most important is that propeller rotates the wrong way to go forward with that gearcase (unless you swing the lower unit around for reverse, in which case it will go forward).

[mr-asa]

quote outboardshed:

Phillips head screws, one broken. Phillips screws came out I believe in the 40’s

Mid-30s.
I remember seeing the same thing on a motor for sale at a Disney Springs restaurant and thinking "that’s not right for that motor, is it?" and looked it up. It was one of those little single cyl motors, an Ace or a Pal.

They wanted $1200 for that motor, if memory serves me.

[PM T2]

quote Hotrod:

That lower unit came out in ’22, as did that tiller arm. Also missing the water line. Most important is that propeller rotates the wrong way to go forward with that gearcase (unless you swing the lower unit around for reverse, in which case it will go forward).

Harry’s got it right.

makes me wonder about how "great" the "restoration" work is if the person doing it makes a mistake of this proportion. Just sayin’……

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...

[eltoquad]

When that for sale ad went up I post a reply saying it had the wrong lower unit but for some reason it never got added to the for sale post??

[mr-asa]

quote eltoquad:

When that for sale ad went up I post a reply saying it had the wrong lower unit but for some reason it never got added to the for sale post??

I don’t think you can comment on sale ads. Too much of a possibility of a discussion going on? You’d have to ask one of the Admin or Mods if that is the reasoning behind that.

[wiscoboater]

Nice stand though.

[PM T2]

You can only send a PM to the advertiser if you want to respond to any ads.

I sent a PM to the seller in this case. They have received it, but not acknowledged it. I’d bet they don’t really want to hear that its an incorrect restoration. I really don’t care myself. That is all

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...

[bill-loveland]

Am I the only one who thinks the starting knob is twice as high as it should be?

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