Lawn mower engine conversion to homemade outboard motor

It went out, It came back, Without the need for a paddle, (though, I did take one) Not real bad. A self made boat motor

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• lawn
• mower
• engine
• adapted
• Redneck boat motors
• conversions

[Crazytrain3592]

where can you find a lower unit?

[hardtimesx2]

@Crazytrain3592 Ask around a little, you'd be suprised how many are out there. If you can't find one that way, Try your local marine mechanic, They alway's have some old motors laying around that are'nt worth fixing.

[workensmart]

Thats really cool. The best part is that you find those engines in the garbage all the time. Most of the time its just something stupid that goes wrong like old fuel in the carb or the kill switch is out of adjustment. I've fixed up and sold a bunch of those briggs engines.

[hardtimesx2]

@workensmart The same holds true on the outboards also, plus, Very few marine mechanics and parts are expensive.

[rjc0l3]

now wake board off of it.

[hardtimesx2]

@rjc0l3 Tried that with a small board, but the squirel keeps jumpin off, LOL

[hpiguy]

And it's aircooled, so no worries about running in the weeds, muck, etc.

You should find a company to market these lower ends and just have to buy your choice of motor (used motor off any lawnmower or a cheap Chinese new motor from a place like Harbor Freight). They'd sell like hotcakes. I'd buy one and clamp it to my big boat to use where I was afraid to use my big expensive Merc.

[Bluejonas86]

thumbs up if you would motorboat the hell out that $hit lol

[Honda420boy1]

Hey I will buy your motor how much

[bulletman100]

its about time someone came up with a 4 stroke alternative to the outrageously overpriced Mercury 3 and 4 hp 4-strokes. these bs motors are everywhere.

[yamamefish]

Very nice work! How does the performance compare to a commercial outboard motor?

[brennontrant]

Great work. It would be awesome if you would tell me how you built this!! It looks like you would buy at the store!

[HooseBinPharteen]

@HooseBinPharteen Also, meeting the lower with the power head: what did you use to match them and close the gap so well? Most conversations I see have about a 2" riser between the engine and the lower unit. Yours doesn't seem to have a gap at all? I'm not a machinest and don't have a welder, so I'm trying to figure out if I can do this myself or if I'll need to job a few things out to get the shafts to meet.

[HooseBinPharteen]

I've been looking over the different vids people made of their conversions. They're all awesome and I like them all so far, but this one looks very professional. I'm trying a similar project, and I could use some advice, since I've literally never done anything like this before. For the powerhead, I have a 6.0 hp Craftsman Eager-1 built by Tecumseh. For the lower unit, I have a Ted Williams 7.5 drive. Does this sound like it'll match okay as far as load?