7.5 Hp Sears 1 cylinder air cooled CLutch question

[secretariatslew]

Hey, I have this old lawn mower type air cooled ted williams and I broke the clutch lever off an it fell into the leg. How can I rig this to be a direct drive? it had some sort of r-n-f clutch system before and I am having trouble finding my way to the drive shaft. Any help appreciated.

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: 7.5 Hp Sears 1 cylinder air cooled CLutch question

we need you to post the model no.

 

[secretariatslew]

Re: 7.5 Hp Sears 1 cylinder air cooled CLutch question

It is a 217-58870 air cooled eska ted wiliams outboard

 

[secretariatslew]

Re: 7.5 Hp Sears 1 cylinder air cooled CLutch question

If anyone else ever has the same problem- here is the fix. to be in neutral, the shifting rod will touch a key on the clutch that surrounds the drive shaft to engage the clutch. Therefore to make it direct drive simply remove the shifting lever. Also- powerhead will come off after simply removing nuts around the powerhead, you don't need to disconnect any linkage.