Dammit Mark! Been looking for a deal on one of those for over a year now and you buy one for $40! :yikes: I'll double your money on it if you can get it to Arkansas :happy:
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Dammit Mark! Been looking for a deal on one of those for over a year now and you buy one for $40! :yikes: I'll double your money on it if you can get it to Arkansas :happy:
see mark, there IS a market for smokey old direct drive 2-strokes!
did you get the stand with it? you could sell that for 50 bucks too
Yup stand came with it! :jfj:
you cant just buy stands like that, gotta be homemade stuff!
This motor is in incredible shape for a 1961! It's only a year younger then me and much better shape! :confused1:
yeah its a hell of a find, doesn't look like it's ever been used. i really think you should go fishin' with it before you sell it.
What pre mix should I use to start this motor?
initially start it on 25:1 or so. this is because you dont know how long its been sitting.
then you can back off 35:1 or 40:1 with modern TCW3, or leave it at 25:1 if oil quality is unknown.
i run all 2-stroke outboards at 40:1 personally
they were originally spec'd for 24:1 mix, however oil has gotten a lot better.
If it were originally spec'd with 24:1 then that's the proper ratio to get the proper air to fuel ratio. A mixture of less oil and more gas will result in a richer AFR and conversely more oil less fuel will lean the AFRs. Think of it this way, there is only so much oil/fuel that can go through a fixed orifice (carb jet), so if more oil is going through less fuel makes it way through as a result. Unless you decide to change the jetting, or it isn't jetted properly, then keep close to the original ratio no matter the oil being used. It is a common misconception that more oil will make it "richer" it's quite the opposite.
egale mark you need to try that motor out so we can have a good fishing store :laugh::jfj:
these old guys had both high and low speed enrichment needles externally accessable, meant to be tuned 'by feel' while in use, so the effect of oiling on AFR is kind of unimportant. but sure, run it at 24:1 if you want to. wont hurt anything, it's just more smoke.
those old ones share a lot of parts with old lawnboy yard equipment (which was a johnson/evinrude product until the 90s i think). im sure there's a lawnmower out there somewhere with the same carb.