It's going to be another warm, windy day. I made some adjustments to the make-shift motor stand, put a waste basket full of water under the lower unit, gassed it up and...
it fired up. Well, it took a bunch of pulls to get the gas through the carb, but it starts, runs, smooth throttle, reasonably quiet (compared to the 2 stroke it is replacing), and a real transmission, of sorts. By that, I mean it has forward and neutral; rotate the motor 180º for reverse. Again, a big improvement over the old motor that has no neutral... start it and be ready to move!
I got started before the wind came up this morning... only blowing 18 right now, it is supposed to increase to 25 gusting to 35 as the day wears on. So, if I decide to give the motor a salt water workout today, it will only be in the canals here on the island.
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