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Hello! Thank you for your responses, no it is not the shear pin. I checked it first and it is in tact. Honestly, after working on it this evening I am beginning to think that inside where the powerhead connects to the driveshaft is stripped. I did notice that it was quite rusty up inside the hole where the driveshaft connects to the powerhead, when I shined a flashlight up inside I could see it, maybe this rust caused it to strip? The end of the driveshaft looks that engages with the powerhead looks to be in good order. I only paid $33 for the engine, when I got it I did not know it at the time but it had a cracked flywheel which was an easy enough fix at the time. I replaced the magneto system, did a carb job and I replaced the water impeller. It worked well about 1/2 dozen times, then this happened to the engine. IDK maybe I should count my losses and move on… It was just my first vintage outboard I fixed, so I am a little bummed about it.
Ideas?
Chad