Got the outboard motor out of the garage and mounted in the tank... The first part of that was cake, the 2nd a struggle.
I got it off the horse I made for it back in 1997 and onto the garden wagon easy enough, but in the bulk tank wasn't so easy. I wheeled it to the tree where I had set the tank under, within which I built a helluva stand for inside that tank. My son has a 1/4 ton comealong (never seen one that small, the handle is about the same length as a normal 1/2"ratchet and very small link chain. I think this motor is around 300ish lb.
I went to hang the comealong in the "v" of a tree limb and the first thing I could find was a cable with factory formed loops. Draped around the branch as a sling, the chain on the comealong wasn't quite long enough so I had to use it as a choker to get the length.
I juuuust got it hanging and dangling barely off the ground and the dead end of the cable decided to pull out of its factory applied crimp and down it came. It mostly slid down along the tree that I was using to lift it, so it fell "easy" but landed on the front of the carbs and cracked the air intake that bolts on the carbs... Looked like pot metal rather than the cast aluminum I thought it was. So I scrounged and found a nylon endless lifting strap from my days at the steel mill and tried again, this time success...
It's out of the garage now and mounted in the mini bulk from now until it sells. .. that mini bulk tank as a test run tank is gonna work out better than I even thought.
Though using that staircase nose down as a test stand within the tank that came from moms house, came to a screeching halt when I started cutting it down to fit in the tank... That staircase was like balsa wood, I'm surprised nobody fell thru that thing, yikes. So I ended up building a different stand in that tank from scratch.if it wasn't so rotten it would have been perfect, even if id have had to cut it down to fit...
I found an air intake assembly on eBay to replace what I broke cheap enough, but probably won't advertise it for sale until I get the parts and put it on... was hoping for it as a centerpiece of my sale next weekend.
Had to go to the campground for mother's day cookout.... My wife wanted to be there ,2 hours before they said food would be served and stay all day, all the while I'm getting aggravated as she wants the garage sale too but is doing all she can to keep me from working on prep... Thurs nite we "had to" go look at a camper, right then. I had other plans....
I got it off the horse I made for it back in 1997 and onto the garden wagon easy enough, but in the bulk tank wasn't so easy. I wheeled it to the tree where I had set the tank under, within which I built a helluva stand for inside that tank. My son has a 1/4 ton comealong (never seen one that small, the handle is about the same length as a normal 1/2"ratchet and very small link chain. I think this motor is around 300ish lb.
I went to hang the comealong in the "v" of a tree limb and the first thing I could find was a cable with factory formed loops. Draped around the branch as a sling, the chain on the comealong wasn't quite long enough so I had to use it as a choker to get the length.
I juuuust got it hanging and dangling barely off the ground and the dead end of the cable decided to pull out of its factory applied crimp and down it came. It mostly slid down along the tree that I was using to lift it, so it fell "easy" but landed on the front of the carbs and cracked the air intake that bolts on the carbs... Looked like pot metal rather than the cast aluminum I thought it was. So I scrounged and found a nylon endless lifting strap from my days at the steel mill and tried again, this time success...
It's out of the garage now and mounted in the mini bulk from now until it sells. .. that mini bulk tank as a test run tank is gonna work out better than I even thought.
Though using that staircase nose down as a test stand within the tank that came from moms house, came to a screeching halt when I started cutting it down to fit in the tank... That staircase was like balsa wood, I'm surprised nobody fell thru that thing, yikes. So I ended up building a different stand in that tank from scratch.if it wasn't so rotten it would have been perfect, even if id have had to cut it down to fit...
I found an air intake assembly on eBay to replace what I broke cheap enough, but probably won't advertise it for sale until I get the parts and put it on... was hoping for it as a centerpiece of my sale next weekend.
Had to go to the campground for mother's day cookout.... My wife wanted to be there ,2 hours before they said food would be served and stay all day, all the while I'm getting aggravated as she wants the garage sale too but is doing all she can to keep me from working on prep... Thurs nite we "had to" go look at a camper, right then. I had other plans....
