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This summer I bought a Sears Gamefisher 7.5 off of craigslist as a backup to my Johnson Sportwin 10 for my 14 foot Starcraft.
The motor reportedly ran fine and had a cracked mount (which I repaired) so the price was great at $50.
This July my wife and I took a trip to Ontario and I used the motor for a week since it was smaller and slower which was great for trolling for lake trout. The motor did fine all week until the last day. My brother got his line wrapped around the prop and I had a nice birds nest to pull out. I took the prop off and spent about 20 minutes pulling fishing line out from the prop shaft. Put it the propeller back on and things worked fine for a while. An hour or so later, shifted from neutral to forward and nothing. (the motor only has a forward and neutral. no reverse to check.) Tried several times and checked the lever to be sure all was right. Motor runs, lever shifts, but the propeller wont spin.
Is this a spun prop? I've done very little work on outboards but am usually pretty handy. I'd love to figure this motor out. Anyone have any insight on how I should go about fixing this?
The motor reportedly ran fine and had a cracked mount (which I repaired) so the price was great at $50.
This July my wife and I took a trip to Ontario and I used the motor for a week since it was smaller and slower which was great for trolling for lake trout. The motor did fine all week until the last day. My brother got his line wrapped around the prop and I had a nice birds nest to pull out. I took the prop off and spent about 20 minutes pulling fishing line out from the prop shaft. Put it the propeller back on and things worked fine for a while. An hour or so later, shifted from neutral to forward and nothing. (the motor only has a forward and neutral. no reverse to check.) Tried several times and checked the lever to be sure all was right. Motor runs, lever shifts, but the propeller wont spin.
Is this a spun prop? I've done very little work on outboards but am usually pretty handy. I'd love to figure this motor out. Anyone have any insight on how I should go about fixing this?