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   The purpose of the pictures below are not to just show you some of a 50 mile round trip I made Thursday, 8/7/08, but also so the pictures can be referred to in an E-Mail I will send out to members.   I started at Kingsland where the Colorado and Llano Rivers merge and LBJ begins.  I then ran from there about 25 miles to the end of LBJ near Marble Falls & returned. 

What I will ask in the E-Mails is to see if there is any club interest in a one day meet and boat run/swap meet where I was or another location rather than the two to three day meets we uaually have.  Owen E-Mail  joowen@ctesc.net

 

 

     

                 Ramp at Kingsland where I started from,                          Ramp near Marble Falls after a 24 mile run.

L-R Dam between lake LBJ and Lake Marble Falls close to launching ramp, Middle running in the lake, Far right the entrance to Horse Shoe Bay a part of LBJ.

 

                         Changing a Water Pump Impeller on a Green Tank Mercury or Wizard by Owen Meredith

This is a simple how to do article that to some will be elementary, but hopefully to others helpful. The motor I have in the pictures is a Wizard 10 hp which is the same as a Mercury KE-7 with the 9/16 prop shaft. The later model KF-7 has a 5/8 prop shaft, so be sure you have the correct impeller before starting. These motors have the impeller on the prop shaft as they are non shift motors and also have a left hand prop rotation and left hand thread cover plate over the impeller. You will not find the impeller on the prop shaft of a shift motor, think about why ? Lets look at a few tools I will use. You can see the impeller in the larger part of a simple PVC 1 1/2 “ extension tube such as you have on your sink. I have placed the impeller in the larger part by just setting the impeller on the work bench and just turning the tube. This solved the problem I had of getting the impeller to fit inside the lower unit and over the prop shaft. The smaller PVC tube will be used to push the impeller out of the tube once it is on the prop shaft. The plate tool was made by a member and has two round points that will fit into the two holes on the plate that covers the impeller. Remember the plate that goes over the impeller is a LEFT hand thread as the prop shaft and impeller rotates left hand. Think why this is necessary ! Many folks beat the plate to death with a punch trying to remove it as if it were a right hand thread and ruin the plate. Always use the proper tool. The second picture shows the tool in place and note it has a nut on top to keep it from jumping out of the two holes. Next is the PVC pipe with the smaller piece used to push the impeller down onto the shaft and into the housing. Note a small pin is next to the cover and it must be placed in the prop shaft groove and also impeller. If not the shaft will turn and the impeller will not turn.  Use some grease to hold the pin in place on the shaft.                                                                                                                                                               
 

                            

Here are some pix on the motors at the Lake Tahoe, CA. museum, looks like they were put on display as received:
 
I used to have a Johnson V-50 just like the one shown here. It would go through a 6 gallon fuel tank like a hot knife through butter! As I recall, the carb delivered more fuel to the engine at low speed than it needed, so there were drain valves at the bottom of the intake manifold to drain the excess fuel overboard.  It left an oil slick that would stretch for 30 feet behind the boat.  Chip Rathbun

                                                                   

                                  

                                     FROM JERRY LINDAMOOD,  A GLEN-L DESIGN

Here are some pictures of the boat I built. It is a Glen-L design. My motor is a 1964 50hp merc. It is the twenty five year silver anniversary model.  Have a great day , Jerry Lindamood.

 

                               FROM JERRY MORRIS, HIS LATEST PROJECT

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Above are twin sons of member Dean Aukes with a 7 1/2 Elgin that they, and their family,      were able to bring to life after many years of being idle in storage. 

  

By Chip Rathbun:   I just finished an Evinrude Sportsman.  When I stripped the paint off of the tank, it turned out to be made out of copper.  I think that is a rare bird. See pixs below.

 

Attached are a few pix of two Callies I just finished for a client.  I think the black one is 1918-20? The red one 1923?
Thought you might want to post these. Thanks,  Morgan Ziller

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                 

From Chip Rathbun

Here is my latest project. It is a 1937 Evinrude Pal .9hp. These little motors weigh 14lbs and sold for $37.50 when new. The .9hp version was only made for one year, the 1938 version was 1.1hp. The motor was in pretty bad shape. As you can see from the pix. The exhaust tube was badly dented and bent, the piston was seized in the cylinder, ignition system was dead, the steering handle was missing, the skeg was broken off, and the carburetor was full of gunk and frozen up.  I unstuck the piston (took 3 weeks of soaking in penetrate oil), found a replacement piston with new rings (thank god), found a replacement ignition coil, made a new steering handle. cleaned and resealed the fuel tank, straightened the exhaust tube, polished the propeller and flywheel, cleaned and resealed the carburetor, welded on a new skeg, primed and painted the rest and added new decals. I could not have done it without the help of my friends in the AOMCI, and Elizabeth Grinker (engine blade and prop) who helped me get the parts I needed.

 
                                                           Before restoration (as received)

                                                                                                     After Restoration