Re: [OMC-Boats] Kickers

Scott nailed it.

On Sep 12, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Scott Veazie wrote:

> 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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Received on Saturday, 12 September 2009