How many motors have been layed to waste b/c previous owners left them out behind the shed?
Anyway, I bought a 1972 6HP Johnson on Friday for $50. Owner said "ran great three years ago when I put it in storage...."
Heard that one before?
Upon inspection, it was locked up tighter than a gnat's ***. Surface corrosion most everywhere. I talked him down to $50 and bought it anyway since I needed a cowl for my 1970 6hp and I figured the prop was decent. I even thought hey maybe I'll un-sieze it, get it running and sell for a profit. (my time is evening tinker time and not worth $)
Well first I pulled the head. Yikes! Cyliders rusted horribly. OK, maybe .030" overbore could clean that up and still make me profit.
Next carb and intake off. Yikes! reeds all corroded.
Then split case. Yikes! crank rust fused to con rods.
So now we're talking new crank and bearings and .030" over pistons/rings. No profit left as this motor would only sell for $400 at most. Oh well. I removed the lower and snapped all four screws on the water pump housing in the process. Yikes. Water pump completely trashed and loaded with salt and sediment.
That was the nail in the coffin. Does it look like this may have been submerged?
The cowl is in good shape and I can part out the carb, recoil, flywheel, driveshaft, lower gears, shift, prop shaft, transom clamps and mag plate on eBay so I should end up with a free cowl, a spare prop and some $ in pocket.
"Ran fine when I put it storage" my ***!
Anyone here unsieze an engine and have it last reliably? I would worry that any rust on the crank would kill the rods in short order.
Oh well, time for eBay....
Anyway, I bought a 1972 6HP Johnson on Friday for $50. Owner said "ran great three years ago when I put it in storage...."
Heard that one before?
Upon inspection, it was locked up tighter than a gnat's ***. Surface corrosion most everywhere. I talked him down to $50 and bought it anyway since I needed a cowl for my 1970 6hp and I figured the prop was decent. I even thought hey maybe I'll un-sieze it, get it running and sell for a profit. (my time is evening tinker time and not worth $)
Well first I pulled the head. Yikes! Cyliders rusted horribly. OK, maybe .030" overbore could clean that up and still make me profit.
Next carb and intake off. Yikes! reeds all corroded.
Then split case. Yikes! crank rust fused to con rods.
So now we're talking new crank and bearings and .030" over pistons/rings. No profit left as this motor would only sell for $400 at most. Oh well. I removed the lower and snapped all four screws on the water pump housing in the process. Yikes. Water pump completely trashed and loaded with salt and sediment.
That was the nail in the coffin. Does it look like this may have been submerged?
The cowl is in good shape and I can part out the carb, recoil, flywheel, driveshaft, lower gears, shift, prop shaft, transom clamps and mag plate on eBay so I should end up with a free cowl, a spare prop and some $ in pocket.
"Ran fine when I put it storage" my ***!
Anyone here unsieze an engine and have it last reliably? I would worry that any rust on the crank would kill the rods in short order.
Oh well, time for eBay....
