Reply To: Pre-war Mercury/Wizard gear cases

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All is well that ends well…sort of…as with many old Merc projects, things go well until you run out of parts or patience.
EGG prop nuts, spring to retain eccentric can drive pin and warm temps
to go outside to paint.
I often tear into multiple items at once. The advantage is some are likely
to be complete and serve as a reference to complete the remainder.
The empty water pump casting took a little doing as the original type
eccentric cam was not available. Mr. Grubb came to rescue with the later eccentric cam and assurance that it could be used instead. The
bacl up plan to fire up the lathe was not needed.
The later eccentric cam can be adapted to work with the rubber clutch
or sheer pin.
Sharp eyes will note a 3 slit vane type water pump assembly and a
later pattern propeller on a 16 square hole water pump. I have a
damaged early pattern propeller that needs some careful metal
work to be made usable. I am too cheap to throw away anything that
can be salvaged with more time and effort than most would consider
sensible.
Louis