First I will say I am new to outboards, never having worked on one or even used one before.
Last year I spent many months taking the shell of a 1976 tri-hull and completly refitting it into as perfect a fishing boat as I could make out of an old tri-hull. This includes replacing the very rotton transom.
I bought a 1979, 80hp 4cyl, ser #5294152 recently that I am going to attempt to rebuild.
The power head is in good shape, having been fairly recently fully serviced. Most of the wiring is new.
The lower unit on the other hand is a mess. The guy who I bought it from was going to replace the water pump, but could not get the lower unit to drop, so he took a sawsall and cut all the bolts off and also beat on it enough that he took chunks off the alumium housing off. The sawsall also beat the heck out of the flange (flat area) between the lower unit and the drive shaft housing, they look like mice chewed on them.
He did not damage any of the gears and drive shafts, just the housings.
I plan replacing all of the lower unit housings.
My question is and it is a simple one, I think.
How do I get the power head into neutral? The drive shaft is still in the middle section and when I turn the motor over by hand it turns the shaft, I assume that means it is in gear?
My manual says to make sure the motor is in neutral, before lifting the powerhead off.
He did not damage any of the gears and drive shafts, just the housings.
I paid $375.00 for this outboard, with the controls and tilt and trim. I am looking at it as a teaching tool for myself and it is not the end of the world if I can not get this motor going agian, but don't see why I should not be able to. The parts are out there on Ebay for a reasonable cost.
Thank You
Johnathan
Last year I spent many months taking the shell of a 1976 tri-hull and completly refitting it into as perfect a fishing boat as I could make out of an old tri-hull. This includes replacing the very rotton transom.
I bought a 1979, 80hp 4cyl, ser #5294152 recently that I am going to attempt to rebuild.
The power head is in good shape, having been fairly recently fully serviced. Most of the wiring is new.
The lower unit on the other hand is a mess. The guy who I bought it from was going to replace the water pump, but could not get the lower unit to drop, so he took a sawsall and cut all the bolts off and also beat on it enough that he took chunks off the alumium housing off. The sawsall also beat the heck out of the flange (flat area) between the lower unit and the drive shaft housing, they look like mice chewed on them.
He did not damage any of the gears and drive shafts, just the housings.
I plan replacing all of the lower unit housings.
My question is and it is a simple one, I think.
How do I get the power head into neutral? The drive shaft is still in the middle section and when I turn the motor over by hand it turns the shaft, I assume that means it is in gear?
My manual says to make sure the motor is in neutral, before lifting the powerhead off.
He did not damage any of the gears and drive shafts, just the housings.
I paid $375.00 for this outboard, with the controls and tilt and trim. I am looking at it as a teaching tool for myself and it is not the end of the world if I can not get this motor going agian, but don't see why I should not be able to. The parts are out there on Ebay for a reasonable cost.
Thank You
Johnathan
