1956 Sea King Pt 2.

[goodolick]

I hope I am not going against protocal by creating a new post, if so, I will be glad to delete. I am creating a new post because I have come a long way with this motor, and now I am at a complete stand still.

Here is what I have so far.
it is a 1956 Monty Wards Sea King (I think a company made Gale made these)
it is model number 35GG-9015A.

I have taken apart the lower end, and relubricated after the transmission? started to slip. After reassembley, I no longer have Nuetral, but I do not need it, this motor is not equiped with reverse.

I have inspected the coils and plugs, the motor is running on both cylinders for sure, I verfied this by uplugging the plugs while the motor was running, both kept the engine turning over.

I am pretty sure that the carb needs adjustment, but I am not sure how to do this. I have no expirience with outboards, nor 2 cycle engines, but I can rebuild a lawnmower engine all day. There is a Lean/Thick? adjustment screw on the side of the carb as well as a dial on the front of the motor. The motor seems to run best if you turn the dial a little bit more to the lean side, if you run it too lean it stalls. When I crank it up to full throttle, I dont think it is coming up to full RPMs. Any ideas on how I can get more preformance out of this motor? I have it strapped to a 10' Jon Boat and as of right now, I would be lucky if I was making 5 knots accross the water. I was able to get the same performance out of a 1.2 hp gamefisher my dad used to have.

Thanks again for all the help people have been very friendly here. Again, I am not sure if this is against protocol or not.

 

[F_R]

Re: 1956 Sea King Pt 2.

You do not have a 1956, you have a 1953, made by Gale. It is a Gale model 5D10.

So, did you get the clutch to stop slipping?

You say that turning the main knob too far to the right makes it slow down and stall, right? And turning it too far left also makes it slow down and run rough like it's misfiring, right? Then the carburetor is doing everything that it's supposed to do.....That is, assuming the cam is pushing the throttle valve open, right?

Turn that knob to the right till it starts to falter then turn it back to the left till it regains power. That's all there is to it.

The one on the side works by holding the throttle valve open just a bit at idle speeds, thus affecting the idle mixture. Set it where it slow idles the best.

Still wondering if the throttle valve is bing cammed open.

 

[goodolick]

Re: 1956 Sea King Pt 2.

Thanks F_R

Yes, I got the clutch to stop slipping, but, I lost Nuetral in the process, no biggy, cuase I do not need nuetral anyway.

I have totally figured out how the fuel mix dial works.

I was able to run the engine in the water for over 2 hours today, but I do not think I am getting the prefomance I should. It slows, and speeds up when I adjust the throttle, however, I would guess at full throttle I am only getting about 1500 RPMs, the motor is rated at 4k.

I think you may be right about the cam, however, I dont really know what I am looking for there.

The only other thing I can think of is the compression.

Please let me know how to check the cam....

Thanks again.

 

[F_R]

Re: 1956 Sea King Pt 2.

Well of course compression should have been the first thing you checked. Never too late.

OK, there is a black plastic throttle valve in the carburetor. You can see it when you look into the throat. In the top of the carburetor, above that throttle valve is a big slot. Coming up out of that slot should be a knob sort of affair that is pushed forward when you advance the spark with the speed control handle. That opens the carb throttle valve, synchronized with the spark advance.

My thought was that the knob thing may be missing and the throttle valve is staying shut. (?)