Re: [OMC-Boats] Kickers

Is there also some wire that you have to be careful of? The mechanic guy I
talked to made it sound like there is a wire that if you look at it the
wrong way, it costs you $300 and it allows water to leak into the lower gear
case.

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, BLDFW <bldfw@...> wrote:

> Yeah, but it's really easy to remove the outdrive. maily four bolts on the
> swivel caps and some odds and ends. Easy as pie!
>
> -Bill
> Dallas, TX
> 1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
> http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer
>
>
>
> --- On *Sat, 9/12/09, Scott Veazie <scottveazie@...>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Scott Veazie <scottveazie@...>
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Kickers
> To: omc-boats@...
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 12:28 PM
>
>
> Since I'm not much of a fisherman I don't run a kicker, but it's a nice
> thing to have in an emergency. I currently don't have a bracket on mine,
> but might get the OMC version that has a gas strut. I figure a kicker is at
> least something should you have a breakdown. Maybe I'll run that folding
> 1950's Johnson motor I have...pretty cool!
>
> As far as what your mechanic told you, I've gotten the same thing. The old
> practice was to run Type C everywhere, but later on I believe OMC started
> running regular hi-vis in the upper, probably around 1978 when then went
> with mechanical shift. Since I don't believe there is any difference
> between the actual mechanical function of the upper gear cases during their
> entire run of 1964-1985, I think you could do either with the upper case and
> be fine. I put C everywhere in mine since I had a bunch of it, so I went
> "old-school". He is right about the impeller though, you can do it without
> removing the whole unit, but it's so much easier to do fully removed.
>
> ~Scott
>
> > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:21:21 -0400
> > From: duc1098desmo@...
> > To: omc-boats@...
> > Subject: [OMC-Boats] Kickers
> >
> > Any of you guys running kicker motors? Normally, I wouldn't consider
> > drilling the hull of a 42 year old boat I'm trying to keep stock. But
> > it appears my boat already had a kicker attached at one point so the
> > holes are already there. Just curious if anyone else is running a
> > kicker and what you're running.
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