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Fleetwin,
Thank you that is great info. I followed your process last night and it worked well. When i push the piston with the dowel i hear a very slight tick which is probably the slop in the wrist pin. I’m far from and expert but it feels and sounds very slight. When the motor is running i do not hear a knock at all. Will probably tear it down and replace the wrist pins at some point as I am sure they have a bit of wear on them.
Next question is the recoil. Replaced the spring and it a tough one to reinstalled and get the eye of the spring on the pin of the recoil pulley. Any tips or trick son this one?
Will replace the impeller and seals also replace oil seal in the lower unit tonight. When I drained the oil it was milky so I assume I am picking up water somewhere. It is a fun motor to work on and is a most compared to the QD I rebuilt.