Re: Air Cooled Outboard Overheating

[billw]

The Mid Jet looks almost identical except for the recoil and the extra blower housing skirts. Same power head, same blower housing, same heat….except for those skirts. I wonder when those skirts came to be, like what year in the Tecumseh time line? They are definitely an add on, either factory-add on or home made. Maybe, just maybe, the Cal Jet had a wide-spread problem and yours was not the only one? I would love to see whether those Mid-Jet skirts are just straight down or whether they have a stamped, more flow-inducing shape underneath.

I think the wind up starter is cool. We had a lawn mower with one, when I was a kid. Works great as long as you only have to do it once or twice to start….When the motor is being contrary, those starters are then a nightmare.

Long live American manufacturing!