Re: Westbend 80hp
I put my new rectifier on and and new regulator and got the engine running good again, so I Decided to take it out to the lake and give it a shot. I get her in and start to make my way over to the dock and all of a sudden i stop moving. Engine is running/throttling normally, the gearbox is in engaging properly, but no propulsion. So I turn it off and tilt the outboard up and have a look. come to find out, the plastic cover cone had somehow worked its way off to the point where the metal dowl that locks the prop to the lower unit shaft had fallen out. so my shaft was spinning and the prop wasnt going anywhere. I am not sure how it happened, I guess the plastic cone's roll pin came out or something allowing it to unscrew far enough for the prop pin to come out. this style doesnt have a nut on the prop, just a pin that locks it in and is cover by the plastic cap(oldschool). so I found a big piece of wire on the boat and stuck it through the pin hole and bent it around, and luckily i was able to limp it back to the trailer despite the wind blowing me all over the place. I also noticed that the area where my drain plug inserts on the transom was a little wet after I pulled her out of the water, and i was only in for 20 minutes or so. I hope i dont have to bad of a leak, if I Do, is there and way to figure out where it is? thanks all.
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