Needless to say, I don't want to travel 2 hours in the rain because of a sheared pin. I figure I can get a new prop for the price of a few dozen pins. Therefore, the prop will take the brunt of any accidents. The nails are slightly softer than the pins, so they tend to bend rather than break. I grabbed a hacksaw and cut them to length. An hour later I found a few nails that looked like they would do the job, or at least get us home if needed. For Eska Sears Ted Williams Tecumseh Outboard Motor Carburetor Kit 1961-87 Ah. Carburetor Kit For Eska Sears Ted Williams Tecumseh Outboard Motor 1961- 1987. Carburetor Kit For Eska Sears Ted Williams Tecumseh Outboard Motor 1961- 1987 E3. Eventually I got tired of buying kits and I began to look around the garage for rods similar in diameter. For Eska Sears Ted Williams Tecumseh Outboard Motor Carburetor Kit 1961-87 Nice. Several trips later I needed more, so I ordered another kit. The trolling motor pins were softer than the original pins for the motor, so they broke/sheared much easier. I picked up a kit for $12 which contained two pins. All I could find was a pin made for a trolling motor, Bass Pro's "Prowler" series.
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So I made a trip to Bass Pro to find a pin that would replace the one in the outboard. The pin is made to break when the prop encounters a hard surface such as a boulder, tree, etc. For a lack of better words, I guess what we did when trying to travel up the shallow riffle was comparable to shearing a pin. That's when it hit me, when I bailed hay for my first time I "sheared pins" on the power take off. I took the prop off and noticed that the propeller was driven by a single pin. When I got home I took the motor apart and started to analyze every part. So we trolled 2 hours back to the ramp in the rain later that night. While trying to navigate an extremely shallow riffle, the outboard motor hit a couple rocks and the prop quit spinning, the motor still ran but the prop wouldn't spin. We have since found a public ramp further upstream. We put the boat in at the boat ramp near the Ohio River and drove upstream for an hour and a half looking for good looking catfish spots. You’ve spent a lot of time and effort on a motor that is not really popular and most would have dismissed.A month and a half ago Rylan, Amanda, and I took the boat out to Brush Creek and ran into a few issues on along the way. I can’t recall if the 4.5 had it but if it is solid state then you need to connect with a man in Danbury CT that is the guru of them – here’s his website: Lastly, starting in the 1970s many of the Eskas used a solid state ignition that was very trouble prone. I take it you’ve adjusted the needle valves and that hasn’t helped? The only real luck I’ve ever seen with getting them to work correctly was when you could order the whole carb new…. Yes, those carbs are TERRIBLE and that pump is very problematic. The impellers are not easy to find and are quite pricey – eBay may be your best source. And the prop tube won’t work really well in a test tank even if the prop is on there.) If the water splash feature is not functioning, you’ll cook the lower seal and bearing and that may cause some of the problems you are experiencing. (If not then it has a tube aft of the prop for the same job – not having the prop is like not having the water pump. Likely your problems are elsewhere many of those motors had a waterpump in the lower unit that splashed water on the lower crank seal to keep it cool. I’m no expert on them but I’d say your compression was stellar. Remind me to leave alone the "froze engines"! Too great, causing havoc with it starting and working the impulse Is it possible that my compression is okay, but the piston to cylinder clearance What is optimal compression for these engines? It’s a Tecumseh powerhead and carb that has the little bitty Throttle and choke it briefly to keep to keep it running.Įngine was not overheating that I could tell. It wanted to die out below half throttle, but sometimes I could give it more I could only get it to start in the testīarrel with the prop off. Had to hone cylinder more than I hoped being it was froze up. New rings, engine seals, points, condenser, etc. My uncle gave me this "froze up" outboard and said… "I sure would like to hear it run"