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Title: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 28 May 2016, 18:11:34
so i love to build things and tinker. i'm going to lead with that LOL

i have a canoe (large Mohawk) and it has a outboard motor mount... but i dont have an outboard motor. nor do i have the money to buy one. but i did have afew broken string trimmers and trolling motor. .... afew bucks for some hose, primer builb, and fuel filter and this is what you get. sadly its raining and i can't put it in the water to test yet. i can't wait tho. :D

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it ain't stupid if it works ;)
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: xtrafrood on Sat, 28 May 2016, 18:46:50
Can you swim?
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 28 May 2016, 18:50:13
Yup. And I have paddles. So even if it quits on me I won't be stranded.
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: R1N3 on Sat, 28 May 2016, 19:08:47
i half expected to see an outboard motor cooling a CPU by the thread title

what i did find here was just as good lol
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 28 May 2016, 19:09:30
i half expected to see an outboard motor cooling a CPU by the thread title

what i did find here was just as good lol
OP delivers
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 May 2016, 19:22:39
Hrrrrmm.... Problem is torque... you get good rpms with a weed whacker... but it doesn't got lots of torque for the water..

is that drive shaft sealed and lubricated ?
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 28 May 2016, 19:27:15
Hrrrrmm.... Problem is torque... you get good rpms with a weed whacker... but it doesn't got lots of torque for the water..

is that drive shaft sealed and lubricated ?
Yeah more or less. Its kind of a big experiment.  Keeping water out of the shaft was taken into consideration but more of an after thought.
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 28 May 2016, 19:42:01
But yeah. Torque. I'm hoping it will work on reasonably well. If not ill have to find a lawn mower lol 😄   
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sat, 28 May 2016, 20:25:22
I like the way you think, and I hope it works for you.
Title: Re: Red neck engineering - outboard motor
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 28 May 2016, 20:27:54
I like the way you think, and I hope it works for you.

thanks i hope so too. hopefully i'll find out tomorrow :D weather permitting.