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Question About Craigslist Motors that "Need Work"
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<blockquote data-quote="BassBlaster" data-source="post: 197739" data-attributes="member: 2865"><p>Matching compression in the cylinders is more important than them being high or low numbers. They should be within 5 to 10% of each other.</p><p></p><p>Stick with the older OMC motors from the early 50's up into the late 60's and some into the early 70's. Ive just recently started tinkering with these motors and its quite a bit of fun. Parts are readily available and inexpensive. You can even get paint and decals and make them look brand new again. They are very simple to work on also. Do a little research on your search engine of choice, there is alot of info out there about these old motors. I agree with getting a manual, they are priceless. Look around online, they are free for download on many sites. I was sent several from someone on this site.</p><p></p><p>Check out my motor project in my sig. Getting ready to start shopping around for my next project!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BassBlaster, post: 197739, member: 2865"] Matching compression in the cylinders is more important than them being high or low numbers. They should be within 5 to 10% of each other. Stick with the older OMC motors from the early 50's up into the late 60's and some into the early 70's. Ive just recently started tinkering with these motors and its quite a bit of fun. Parts are readily available and inexpensive. You can even get paint and decals and make them look brand new again. They are very simple to work on also. Do a little research on your search engine of choice, there is alot of info out there about these old motors. I agree with getting a manual, they are priceless. Look around online, they are free for download on many sites. I was sent several from someone on this site. Check out my motor project in my sig. Getting ready to start shopping around for my next project!! [/QUOTE]
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