Re: [OMC-Boats] Kickers

That would me the 2-conductor cable that runs down thru the leg to
operate the forward and reverse coil.

I've looked at mine many,many times (albeit very lovingly) and so far
it hasn't cost me a dime! -)

Lee

On Sep 12, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Justin DeSantis wrote:

> 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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