Sort of like a big laxative I guess. Cleaned out!! On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 8:45 PM Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Gosh, I haven't heard Scott-Atwater in decades. My Dad bought an old used > Elgin 5 hp outboard in the 50's. We would rent a skiff from a marina in > Big Lagoon near Pensacola, attach the Elgin and go fish near Fort Pickens. > I sail Touche' near Fort Pickens nearly every week and was just in Big > Lagoon a couple weeks ago. > > We occasionally dine at Flounders Restaurant on Pensacola Beach. For > decor, they have lots of old outboards hanging above the tables. I often > wonder if my Dad's old Elgin is one of them. > > Another tale, when I bought Touche' the old Atomic 4 hadn't been run in > years. Took me a while to get it running. When I finally got it started I > wanted to clean the valve train and top works. An old shade tree mechanic > trick is to throttle it up and pour automatic transmission fluid in the > carburetor. Do NOT do this when folks are in your marina. It smokes like > crazy. I waited until late evening when the marina was deserted. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > > On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 2:29 PM Russ & Melody via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> >> As a further aside, I bought an old Scott-Atwater 20 HP motor from an >> auction, when I was 13 or 14 years old. I put it on my 12' plywood runabout >> but it was unreliable due to poor compressor. Stories and folk lore of the >> day led us to belive that Bon-Ami (a cleaning powder) could restore an >> engine. >> >> We.., be damned. It did. A friend spooned almost half a small box into >> the carburetor while I had it at WOT. The motor revs started climbing and >> the boat got up on plane. That old O/B ran another two season before I got >> a nice used Mercury 20 HP. I suspect the powder gunked up the piston & >> cylinder so much to take out a bunch of clearance. >> >> I would not recommend the practice. >> >> Cheers, Russ >> ex-* Sweet *35 mk-1 >> >> At 10:14 AM 9/1/2019, you wrote: >> >> As an aside, in high school I had a 48 Ford with a flat head V 8. I >> wanted to treat it good so instead of using regular 30 weight I used a nice >> detergent 10-30. The detergent cleaned the gunk out of the bearings and >> engine pretty much fell apart, blowing out so much oil that a could not see >> out the rear view mirror. >> >> Tom Buscaglia >> S/V Alera >> 1990 C&C 37+/40 >> Vashon WA >> P 206.463.9200 >> C 305.409.3660 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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