Red neck engineering - outboard motor

[mrbishop]

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.



it ain't stupid if it works

[xtrafrood]

Can you swim?

[mrbishop]

Yup. And I have paddles. So even if it quits on me I won't be stranded.

[R1N3]

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

[mrbishop]

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

[tp4tissue]

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 ?

[mrbishop]

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.

[mrbishop]

But yeah. Torque. I'm hoping it will work on reasonably well. If not ill have to find a lawn mower lol 😄   

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I like the way you think, and I hope it works for you.

[mrbishop]

I like the way you think, and I hope it works for you.

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