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Jeffrey
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Posted: Mon Aug 18th, 2008 05:51 am |
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| I bought a 3 HP Gamefisher but don't have an owners manual. I haven't taken it on a "shakedown cruise" yet, and when I do I'll no doubt have some questions, if not actual troubles. But at this point, how do I change the oil in the lower unit? I see a plug that looks like a vent plug near the top of the gearcase, but I don't see a plug for draining and refilling like other outboards I have had have been fitted with. A parts list I saw online called this a drain plug, but if I drained then refilled the gearcase here, where would the vent be where I can see when the gearcase is full?
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Pathfinder
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Posted: Mon Aug 18th, 2008 10:59 pm |
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I don't know much about outboards, I'm more of a sailboat guy. I think this might be what you are looking for:
http://www.tanaka-usa.com/index.php?section=108
Last edited on Mon Aug 18th, 2008 11:00 pm by Pathfinder |
Jeffrey
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Posted: Wed Aug 20th, 2008 08:45 pm |
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| Thanks, I went to that website, found my answer, then printed out the owners manual for Tanaka motor which is very similiar to gamefisher.
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Jeffrey
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Posted: Thu Aug 21st, 2008 11:46 pm |
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| Another question I have is about the tiller. It seems to only have a tension adjustment to make it pivot up and down tighter. But when you are running the motor in the boat and steering it, it is hard to keep the tiller from pivoting down and jamming against the motor mounting base. There is a small tapped hole on a boss on the clutch housing, is some sort of small bracket supposed to go in there to act as a rest for the tiller that can be moved out of the way when you want to get it out of the way by lowering it for carrying and storing the motor off the boat? The owner's manual seems to indicate that there is but is vague about it. I ended up designing my own means of keeping the tiller in a fixed position when running the motor-I made a little bracket with a small pinhole in it, and screwed it to that tapped hole in the boss on the clutch housing. I also drilled a pinhole in the tiller matching up with the hole in the bracket, and I run a hardware store type safety pin through each hole, and this allows almost no movement up and down of the tiller. It is fastened to an air intake housing screw with a very small chain so I won't lose it when I remove it to lower the tiller for moving and storing. I gave up hope trying to find out what is supposed to be on the motor to secure the tiller when a large used boat and motor facility in my area couldn't help me in getting parts for this Gamefisher. Hope I can find a source online for parts needed in the future! Last edited on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 09:14 am by Jeffrey |
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 09:57 pm |
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| The other day I was testing this motor, and it seemed that the centrifugal clutch was slipping, jerking, and it got worse until it was doing this most of the time. I took the clutch out (this motor is very easy to work on) and expected to find the lining worn down to the shoes, or to rivets as in the case of car clutches and brake shoes and pads I've worked on. The "clutch arms," as Sears calls them, were not worn down to any metal, and the "clutch shaft comp." (component?) was not scored like flywheels, brake drums and discs get. So I'm wondering, even though there is still clutch lining left, when that lining gets too thin does that allow the clutch to slip?I wiped the clutch arms linings and clutch shaft comp.'s drum with alcohol but there didn't seem to be any oil from a leaking oil seal present anywhere in the clutch assembly. I am also wondering what those smaller bands are with the small square clutch lining material. Sears calls them "clutch spring comp." Does that engage first, getting the drum flange to spin a bit before the main clutch arm linings engage to prevent jerking? These small linings weren't worn down to metal either. Any info about centrifigul clutch maladies would be appreciated! Last edited on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 10:17 pm by Jeffrey |
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