Re: Evinrude Fleetwin Model 4443

[Buccaneer]

Goman, your screw driver turned out pretty nice.
I’ll probably try to get the screw driver out of the
Sportwin tiller again. Perhaps it’s time for the
torch set instead of the little bottle torch!
Or I could sacrifice the tiller arm, cutting
it off just past the threads (hopefully without
cutting off the screwdriver blade), then
put the blade in the vise and try to turn
the frozen piece of tiller with a vise grips.

I ordered the recommended OMC impeller to
"fit" to size for the Fastwin. Looks like it would
need to be sanded down about 1/8" or so.
I think my dad had a little workbench belt sander,
will have to see if I can find that.
I have a little portable belt sander, but it must
turn up 10 zillion rpms, and would be hard to mount
in a vise.
I’ve never tried sanding down a rubber impeller, so
I’m a little skeptical about it working, lol.

The prop shaft seal is an oddball size, of .594 or 19/32"
shaft size, and the OD is .875, or 7/8".
There’s a few NOS seals out there, but it’s against my
nature to pay $20 bucks for a sixty year old seal.
There appears to be no modern replacement though.
The drive shaft seal has me more optimistic.
Would be interested in hearing if anyone found a replacement
for the prop shaft seal !

Prepare to be boarded!