Will It Run? antique Marine engine sitting 35 years.

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  @mustie1 · 7 years ago · pinned

  mustie1 on taryl fixes all, cameo click here, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2FflUK-UE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2FflUK-UE</a>

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  @73honda350 · 7 years ago

  By opening that buzz box you just voided the engine&apos;s warranty. Smart move.

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  @oldmanwalking3733 · 7 years ago

  The injector next to the flywheel is a grease stuffer. Fill the cap with grease and screw it in and it will force grease onto the end bearing.

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  @fierodough · 7 years ago

  I’m at the 50min mark screaming “put it in the ultrasonic cleaner!” Like it was Sunday football on tv. Lol

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  @travisbrink7322 · 6 years ago

  I Had one of those in an ancient sailboat years ago, when I was just a kid. Planned on living on it cruising the Caribbean for a few years, to avoid high school.I never got it running and when the marina sold out to a big developer, I wasnt able to get the boat moved, so I lost it.<br>This was the very curt &nbsp;instructions I got from the dinosaur that sold it to me:<br>&quot;Runs on same oil as lights and heater.. (kerosene?) This things your timing. (that lever) This way (right) goes forward, other way, goes backward. Only use it for starting. otherwise, leave it be.&quot;<br>He explained that the vessel had no electricity. There was a row of condensers or capacitors under the coil that would hold enough spark to get it started, then &quot;Ya yank this wire&quot; an actual solid wire - like a coat hanger, to the plug. It would diesel from there.<br>&quot;Turn this if it`s cold. Turn it back `fore ya yank that wire.&quot; Referring to the butterfly/thumb screw/knob closest to the engine - choke? &nbsp;&quot;This one, how fast ya WANT it to turn.&quot; (numbered knob, on mixer). &nbsp;&quot;The wind and the water - they gonna fight ya. This one here fights back - makes the thing go.&quot; (the &quot;injector&quot;).<br>He said if it was weak, like running out of oil, hold yer tank higher. Higher tank means more fuel. &nbsp;To &quot;Stop it turnin`&quot;, hold the float down, where it pokes through the cap. &quot;Stop it `fore ya backward it. `Member it aint got no brakes.&quot;<br>He quickly left me, bewildered, in my new home - without a good-bye, good luck or thank you, but from halfway up the dock yells back, like an after thought,<br>&quot;If fuel don`t go in it, grease does, , , or the water will.&quot;

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  @HansQuistorff · 7 years ago

  This was the engine in our sail boat when my dad bought it in 1943. He replaced it when I was 6 with a 4 stroke so I dont know all the details for setting it to run. It ran a large propeler so he would set it at the slowest posible speed to fish. It would some times miss firing a cycle and nearby fisherman would holler when is that going to die.

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  @scottyb069 · 7 years ago

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  @HowieZ-s5f · 7 years ago (edited)

  That front cap is a greaser for the front bearing . You twist it in and it gives it more grease

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  @rdg2124 · 7 years ago

  What an excellent video! For someone with little experience on these engines, you did a great job. And yes, I was talking to the screen many times. I&apos;ve worked on very similar engines and while I&apos;m sure I&apos;ll get crucified for these comments, here we go:<br>That is a carburetor. The valve in there is actually the main check valve for the engine, no valves inside the block. The porting is as you describe. Piston draws in the fuel/air mixture as the piston goes up and then pushes it into the combustion chamber as the piston goes down. 2-cycles. The one adjustment is the needle, lean is in, richer is out. Usually, you adjust them rich for slower speeds and lean it somewhat for higher speeds. The packing nuts hold everything in place and need to be relatively tight or the engine vibration will change all the settings almost instantly. That &quot;cough&quot; or &quot;sneeze&quot; you heard several times is actually a backfire (and what probably caused all the carbon around the check valve years ago). If the engine does that, richen it up a bit. These old engines will &quot;talk&quot; to you and you&apos;ll figure out what it needs. Probably where that plug is on the top of the carb before it enters the block, there was a petcock that you could fill, twist open to let the fuel into the crankcase, to prime it as you described.<br>The rod with the handle is called the timer. Like you deduced, it has points that ground the coil to cause it to generate a spark. The engine will run in either direction, doesn&apos;t matter except how the timer is set. The points close dependent on the position of that lever. If the flywheel is spinning clockwise, if the lever is to the right, the points close after the piston is past TDC or the points are retarded. Moving the timer to the left advances the time when the points close before TDC and advances the timing. Hand cranked engines like to be started with the timing retarded, it&apos;s safer and they&apos;re easier to start. You advance the timing once they&apos;re running and warming up. If the timing is too far advanced at slow speeds, the engine will slow down and can kick backwards and run the opposite way. Or, it can break the wrist of the person trying to start it.<br>The coil is a Model T style coil. When you pulled the cover off, you pulled away what appeared to be melted tar. That is from the area where the condenser/capacitor is located, indicating that the condenser/capacitor overheated and is probably not any good. There are many videos on how to replace them and it&apos;s simple. Make sure you use to correct value and type of replacement or you&apos;ll be fighting with a bad coil.<br>Yes, that&apos;s a grease cup to force grease into the main bearing. Probably another one should be on the other end, though since the engine would tilt that way in a boat, they may have thought it would get splash lubrication from the puddle of oil that will collect in the crankcase (no pressure lube but when the engine running, the crankcase has a mist of gas/oil in there and the oil will drop to the sump when the engine is stopped). And yes, probably all the gaskets need to be replaced or that bolts tightened, depends. You&apos;re smart and will figure it out.<br>Can&apos;t wait to see what you do next with it. Nice engine for sure.

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  @graemedernbach6618 · 6 years ago

  That is an old-day greaser,when you turn it ,it pushes grease into the bush.

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  @TF856 · 6 years ago (edited)

  Many years ago my dad told me about small Marine engines that the Navy used in their very small boats that ran both directions, and that would be the reason for a direct drive from the engine to the propeller. You could back the boat up. Just stop the engine and start it up backwards.

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  @Bonedadyo · 7 years ago (edited)

  At least we know what it was originally designed for - table/furniture mover😉

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