Winter fun project CD -18

[crosbyman]

Got his one for about 75u$…nice  THUMP ! on compression  ..to be tested

thermostat looks virgin…

faily clean ..and  found a nice surprise….cracks  🙂

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[Mumbles]

Cracked coils in a motor of that vintage should be no surprise. They are a standard feature!

When you go to check the thermostat, clean it up a bit and check the build date stamped on the bottom of the flange.  This one dated September 1959 came out of a 1960 motor and was long overdue for replacement.

 

[Buccaneer]

I’m not sure which surprise is more pleasing, finding an unmolested
motor with cracked coils, or one with brand new German made coils!

Prepare to be boarded!

[Bob Wight]

Good looking motor that will make for a fun project.   Mumbles brings up a good point on the thermostat – when I restored my 1959 QD-20 a couple years ago, it still had the original ’59 thermostat.  At least it was stuck open.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20

“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."

[seakaye12]

Finding original cracked coils is a great thing IMHO.  That motor has probably been sitting for decades;  they don’t wear out when they are sitting un-used.  Nice find!

[crosbyman]

well  sadly…   😉 the thermostat was no virgin.         Nor was it a Spring chicken  being dated  6/74  …48 years  old

Thanks Mumbles for pointing out those birth marks on the rim    🙂

it  basically  ” looks” ok   and  I’ll be testing  it in hot water unless recommendations  to reuse it come in to the contrary ….

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[fleetwin]

That’s a beauty

[crosbyman]

UPDATE  nov 01….

Well… both coils certainly gone  and from the boots they measure in the high Meg ohms  even after  turning and twisting the plug boots and wires …

condensers will be tested using my home built  Mr.Mohat test box

Microsoft Word – Part2_Condenser_Testers_And_Testing_Correctly.doc (wrcoutboards.org)

the rest looks pretty good … i’ll hold off till the big snow comes so I can keep busy 🙂

 

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