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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 21:41:24 GMT -5
So...... just finished a very in depth video about multiple reasons a motor won't run in reverse. I believe I am way over my head/ability/tools and will be going forward only until I can get it to a mechanic.
Or trade it in.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 17:28:21 GMT -5
About an hour ago I had 50 to 60 come off a pond as I drove by. There are birds around, just need to get them out of the residential ponds
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 11:03:34 GMT -5
Not quite what he said. I would like to see it STAY with the American people who earned it. Can you imagine what our taxes would look like if all the $#%^@ (insert your own colorful adjective here) spending stopped. The National Debt is a tally of all the spending congress has done without the money to cover it. Just how much of that spending over the last 100 years has been to foreign countries?
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 9:57:14 GMT -5
Got it yesterday. No problems. Was the flat rate shipping price per case or per order?
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 9:55:58 GMT -5
Time for some YouTube it would seem.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 9:34:06 GMT -5
Most likely just like all other construction in odd or congested areas.
A royal P.I.T.A
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 9:29:11 GMT -5
I'm not sure where you're located but there's a guy in Brownsburg that works on small outboards. I think his rates are pretty reasonable. If you want his number let me know. I'm in Greensburg. At this point I'll take all the help I can get. Part of me wants to take it apart to see what exactly is wrong and if I can possibly fix it. Part of me is worried I'll end up with useless parts if I do.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2020 5:57:36 GMT -5
Nope, and if you have problems with it, where will you get parts and who will work on it? I'd look harder into getting yours diagnosed first. I'm gonna see if the marina at the lake community outside of town can do something with it, just did the ol Google search and that popped up. I can actually get a 20hp Suzuki for about 1800, its just from a boat shop in Thailand. π³
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Post by firstwd on Dec 29, 2020 23:26:56 GMT -5
Anybody ever heard of a Hangkai outboard? Amazon has a 12hp for about $1240 with free shipping.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 29, 2020 20:13:50 GMT -5
Good luck. Good mechanics are not cheap and if you wait too long they get busy. My old standby quit in 2019. The other guys are either not small motor mechanics or were booked Well you're just a bundle of sunshine and butterflies. π
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Post by firstwd on Dec 29, 2020 17:12:47 GMT -5
Broken gears are all that is left. Turn by hand and see if you feel the broken gears. Other option is to take the lower unit apart and check. They are not hard. Or just don't use reverse. Maybe the last guy put in a pin and not a shear pin. But if in forward when you hit them it would impact the forward gear not reverse. Well, that sounds expensive. I did notice a little black puddle on my barn floor under it so it's dripping lower unit oil. I believe forward it is until I can find a mechanic that won't cost as much as a replacement, or I can find a replacement.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 29, 2020 15:32:24 GMT -5
With the motor off you should be able to engage reverse and turn the prop by hand. You should be able to feel if there are some teeth not hooking up. Could there be ice in the lower keeping the gear from engaging? No ice, I'll have to go try the tuning with it in gear
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Post by firstwd on Dec 29, 2020 15:31:20 GMT -5
Is the prop protected by a shear pin or slip clutch? Shear pin was the first thing I checked, its good When shifting with motor off is there a positive response like a click or lack of resistance indicating it is in gear? Resistance, sometimes hard to shift Does the shifter stay in reverse when you let go of shifter? Yes Under power did the motor stay in reverse or just not power the boat? Stayed in gear, spun like in idle, just didn't speed up Any chance your boat was creating an obstruction in reverse that was not impacting forward? Running on muffs should answer that question. The trip before we got into a heavy mat of moss and had very little power backing out of it. This last time was clear water Did it seem to be cavitating? NO Is prop damaged at all? Some small nicks but nothing major
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Post by firstwd on Dec 29, 2020 7:00:14 GMT -5
Have you test run it in a tank or a garbage can full of water or with the muffs on? No, just the lake.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 28, 2020 21:46:51 GMT -5
As stated I would check the linkage.... believe you got a throttle linkage and forward and reverse linkage! The only linkage I can see seems to not be catching on anything, but it is pretty stiff to move. There is just not much room under that hood and my fat fingers don't fit.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 28, 2020 21:26:10 GMT -5
Engine revs up just no power to prop? Or engine won't rev? How do you know it is engaged? Maybe yours is bumping out of reverse. If the engine revs up and your reverse is engaged it has to be gears slipping. Check your linkage to make sure it isn't bound up. I had an evinrude that if I had 2 screws in the water intake screen would bind it and keep it from going into gear. But it would bind when the engine was off or idled. I tipped it up to watch it. I motored right across the lake just fine, but no power to back up off the bank to load on the trailer. Put in reverse and prop spins, motor revs up and prop doesn't speed up. Switch to forward and it's fine.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 28, 2020 18:57:33 GMT -5
Yes, but mandatory overtime has been way down since we opened back up fully after the spring surprise.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 28, 2020 18:55:24 GMT -5
Any small outboard motor gurus on here?
I have a 6hp Evinrude that has no power in reverse. Everything works in forward and it engages in reverse, but there is just no power. The prop spins and moves the boat in idle but when I throttle up the prop doesn't gain any speed.
Any ideas?
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Post by firstwd on Dec 27, 2020 17:13:52 GMT -5
I think we just haven't paid enough attention the last few months and the creek took it. It's a long strait section of flat rock. When the water comes up is moves quick with nearly nothing to catch on.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 27, 2020 15:05:43 GMT -5
So what happened to the cottonwood tree? That seems to bo one of life's little mysteries. Neither one of us remembers a flood event big enough to move it, but it is gone. The tops are still on the rock ledge on the other side, the little sycamore that went down with it is still there, but the cottonwood is gone.
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