Re: 5 1/2 hp shift lever
I went digging around at a local junk yard where I've found a few motors before, came up with a 1967 6702S parts motor for $30. It was supposed to be seized up, the guys had set it aside at the junk yard but said it was seized. I was about to just tear it down for parts but something made me pull the plugs out and see what was up, what I found was that it had one plug installed with about a 1" reach, locking the piston dead against the plug. I didn't see any damage to the piston through the plug hole so I shot it with some motor oil, worked the engine back and forth, lubed up all the linkage and shot the carb with some fuel mix. I got only one cylinder to fire at first but I then pulled the flywheel, cleaned up the points and got both to fire, it fired right up on a few shots of fuel mix so I hooked up a fuel tank and hung it in a barrel of water. To my surprise it runs great, even pumps water. The prop needs some attention but the rest of the thing is fine. I checked the compression afterward and got 112 on top, and 110 on the bottom. What surprised me the most is that I never had to touch the carb. The motor is in really nice shape, especially for being something that someone most likely sold for scrap. The cover, is intact, no damage, the paint is dull but not scratched up. There's also no salt corrosion, which is rare for around here.
So much for finding a parts motor though. This thing runs as good as the 5.5 hp I needed the shift lever for. There's no way I could part this out now, it may just end up on the boat in place of the 5.5hp.
I still want to fix the 5.5 though.
What was different between the 5.5 and the 6 HP? They look like the same basic motor. Is the 6 the same displacement size as the 5.5? I see the carb and recoil starter are different, but that's only due to the low profile set up on the 6hp.
