1949/50 5HP

[nocko]

I just inherited an old 5HP SeaKing,9MGG9014A which I understand to have been made by OMC. The thing looks great, very clean. Anyway, I know this thing hasn't been started for a minimum of 20yrs. It's been sitting in storage at my Uncle's. So I want to get it running, but I'm not sure where to start. I Pulled the cord just to make sure it wasn't seized up, and it's not. I didn't want to do an more than that, as it did pull hard, what with having sat for all that time. I don't know if being about 15 degrees had anything to do with the hard pulling, but I didn't want to force it and be gouging up the cylinder walls. I can't pull it fast enough to check spark. I took out the plugs, and you can see LOADS of black gook around the plug hole. I don't think it was ever de-carbed. <br />So first steps in getting an old beauty running again?

 

[DJ]

Re: 1949/50 5HP

nocko,<br /><br />More than likely the water pump impeller is the reason for it pulling over so hard. It woill need to be replaced.<br /><br />A little fogging oil in the spark plug holes won't hurt.<br /><br />The carb will need to be rebuilt, I'm sure. The fuel pump too.<br /><br />Once running, i would decarb it. The oil used 20 years ago was not that great.

 

[JB]

Re: 1949/50 5HP

Yep, wht DJ said. And:<br /><br />Be sure to use a 24:1 fuel mix with unleaded regular gas and TC-W3 oil.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: 1949/50 5HP

No need to rebuild the fuel pump. It doesn't have one as its probably gravity fed from the built-in tank.