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September 26, 2019 at 8:26 pm #184105
Bob Wight
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    Man, that was one tough mother – those 100ft-lb flywheels must do their job well! Hate to see the flywheel destroyed to get it off, but at least it’s off. I was hoping your idea of the freezer and torch method would have worked.

    Bob

    1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
    1954 Johnson CD-11
    1955 Johnson QD-16
    1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
    1957 Evinrude 3022
    1958 Johnson QD-19
    1958 Johnson FD-12
    1959 Johnson QD-20
    1982 Evinrude 25hp

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