Kismet
Well-known member
Found this motor from a lady whose father-in-law had died. She asked small money and said he'd run it last year. Pretty clean, inside and out.
Clean gas, checked plugs, put it on a transom and in a barrel and figured out the double hose system, and it started up. Took a little preliminary adjusting, checking the water stream, etc, but seems like a nice ole hoss. I didn't run it long, just enough to verify the stream, ease the idle, and smile at my good fortune. The double hose system doesn't bother; works fine for many people. Only problem I see is if something goes wrong with it, and I need a quick replacement. Think I'd have to shop online.
Found the serial number on the power head, but darned if I can find a chart. I may have looked at the right pages and just didn't read them right. Dunno.
Could use some help on narrowing down the year. Looks like the profile of this 1953 ad.
Silver plug in power head is stamped 1335609. No letters nor nameplate id anywhere I could find.
Thank you, very much.
Clean gas, checked plugs, put it on a transom and in a barrel and figured out the double hose system, and it started up. Took a little preliminary adjusting, checking the water stream, etc, but seems like a nice ole hoss. I didn't run it long, just enough to verify the stream, ease the idle, and smile at my good fortune. The double hose system doesn't bother; works fine for many people. Only problem I see is if something goes wrong with it, and I need a quick replacement. Think I'd have to shop online.
Found the serial number on the power head, but darned if I can find a chart. I may have looked at the right pages and just didn't read them right. Dunno.
Could use some help on narrowing down the year. Looks like the profile of this 1953 ad.
Silver plug in power head is stamped 1335609. No letters nor nameplate id anywhere I could find.
Thank you, very much.