Re: 12 hp Elgin/West Bend gearcase reseal?

[amuller]

Many of the numbers are the same except for the "F" in front, so I have a pretty high expectation that most of pieces in the kit will fit.

I have it running now, and it seems to start and run well. Love those Tillotson carbs with the float bowl drain and the brass floats. It does have an odd symptom, a sort of miss/clank that makes the power head move back and forth on the springs. I thought it might be the dog clutch in the gearcase catching and releasing, but it does the same thing in gear. Could possibly be just a miss, and the clank is from the spring suspension? Is this a familiar symptom to West Bend/Elgin folks?

Compression is about 75 psi in each cylinder, a bit low. The manual calls for 85. But I want to exercise it and feed it some Engine Tuner before coming to any conclusions…..

I do wish the throttle didn’t work in reverse from the OMC motors!