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  1. Chinewalker

    Don't often get stumped, but I am... Evinrude Lark IV 40hp

    A friend of mine dropped off his old Powercat to have me get his twin 1962 Evinrude 40s going. Mags have been rebuilt, lower units resealed, new impellers installed, carbs rebuilt with new ethanol resistant kits, etc. Port side motor starts easily and seems to run well on both cylinders...
  2. Chinewalker

    Answering that "will this work on this" question...

    I have a 1993 Johnson 20hp - had it on the rack for several years. It's a former rental motor that had the lower unit busted up beyond fixing. I recently picked up a 1982 Evinrude 35hp with a blown powerhead. Lower units were similar, but not the same - but close enough to work! Only thing I...
  3. Chinewalker

    Evinrude Sport-not-quite-Twins

    I picked these up last summer and rebuilt them over the winter. The '58 Sportwin came as a complete but locked up motor, while the '60 came in a box with some assembly required. Both got rebuilt powerheads, and the '60 also had the lower unit rebuilt as I discovered that the gears were shot...
  4. Chinewalker

    Merc XR4 on my 11-inch boat.

    Okay, got your attention. I did say 11-inch! Just thought I'd share a couple videos of what could be the worlds smallest high performance Mercury outboard! It's a Nylint toy Mercury XR4 that I've done a few mild upgrades to...
  5. Chinewalker

    Santa brought me a new toy! Glastron GT-150!

    Okay, so it's literally a toy! Actually, it's a late 1970s vintage Robbe Prinzess, which is a model of the Glastron GT-150. Made in Germany, it is powered by an electric Robbe Roqua outboard motor. The boat measures a bit over 2-feet long. I still have to figure out the electronics and such...
  6. Chinewalker

    Cross reference for "off brand" impeller match-ups?

    Hey all... I was considering starting a list of "modern" equivalents for various older impellers. For instance, you can take a newer style Sierra 18-3001, shave it down a bit and use it in the old Evinrude Fleetwin neutral clutch motors. Was wondering if others had found modern impellers that...
  7. Chinewalker

    The pleasures of tinkering...

    Last weekend after finally getting all the boats put away, floating docks pulled in and otherwise calling it a season, I decided to clean up the shop a bit and get ready for winter projects. Among them was a 1958 Evinrude 10hp I picked up off Craigslist last Spring for $20.00. It had been...
  8. Chinewalker

    Anyone know what this goes to? Transom/Rubrail Cap

    I believe it is a transom end cap to cover where the rub rail meets the transom. Not sure what make/model of boat it goes to, though. Does it look familiar to anyone?
  9. Chinewalker

    Propeller IDs??

    I just picked up a milk crate full of props. Inlcuded in the lot were these two that I cannot identify. Anybody have any ideas? First one is a smooth bore, pin drive, right hand rotation. 14-inches diameter, 18-inches pitch. Marked Prop Lok on the hub. Blades appear to be cast separately...
  10. Chinewalker

    From the Scrap Heap...

    My wife came home with this beauty the other day. She was dumping off a bunch of scrap metal at our local junkyard and they had this in the "mixed metal" pile. She got it for about 20? a pound, and they even put it in her car for her! It's a 1958 Scott Atwater 7.5hp. Complete, turns over...
  11. Chinewalker

    FREE Parts Catalog

    I've been getting these for years, but not everyone knows you can get them - the NAPA "Quality Marine Products" catalog. NAPA carries a fairly large selection of marine parts, including the Sierra aftermarket parts line. Plus, after a hiatus, they have put the model/year reference back in...
  12. Chinewalker

    Fun new tool to mess with!

    I tear down a lot of motors, some to repair, some to part out. Last weekend I bought a Sears Craftsman 19.2V drill kit that came with an impact drill as part of the kit. I bought the adapters to use 1/4" and 3/8" drive sockets and tried it on an Evinrude V6 powerhead with LOTS of bolts to...
  13. Chinewalker

    1956 Johnson 5.5 HP

    I bought this one two weeks ago, in pieces with a broken connecting rod and marfed up crankshaft. Fortunately, when the rod let go it didn't take the crankcase with it, so I was able to install a new crank and rod on my day off on Friday and ended up running the motor all weekend. SWEET little...
  14. Chinewalker

    Starcraft Prototype!

    I wonder whatever happened to this bad boy - cover of October 1972 issue of Powerboat magazine. - Scott
  15. Chinewalker

    April Fool?

    Anyone else notice the backwards iboats.com logo at the top of the page? - Scott
  16. Chinewalker

    An Observation on Boat Repair/Rebuild

    I've been following this board since its inception several years ago and have noticed a dramatic increase in posts the last half year or so. Seems that the down economy isn't keeping us off the water but it is making us take the time to fix what we have rather than park it in the back forty and...
  17. Chinewalker

    Saved from the Scrapper!

    My wife called me yesterday from the local metal scrapyard to let me know they had a couple of motors on their "mixed metal" pile. They deal primarily in "clean" metals, so a complete motor is no good to them as it is considered "mixed" (steel, aluminum, copper, etc.). So, to make a long story...
  18. Chinewalker

    Mercury Mark 30H - Rehab

    After not being run for 6 years I dusted off my 1957 Mercury Mark 30H over the weekend. A quick check revealed no spark at all, so I set about digging into the Kiekhaefer magneto. Top bearing was a bit crusty in the mag so I made a trip to Kaman Bearing (great resource for old Merc...
  19. Chinewalker

    Michigan Prop number - Can't find ID?? SMC 318

    I picked up a few props last weekend and need to ID one of them. It looks to be a MerCruiser style prop, about 15-inches in diameter, aluminum 3-blade. It's a Michigan wheel, and the number on the hub appears to be SMC 318 (possibly 316). Also has a second number stamped in the hub - A10648...
  20. Chinewalker

    Model Boat Building

    Not sure if this is the right forum for this - please move if needed. Any other iboaters build model boats? I'm not talking about ship models or the tricked out R/C racers, etc., but rather scale models of pleasure boats. I used to build them more regularly, but have tried to keep at least...
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