 Hey everyone, Shaybear 1000 here. Today we got the Scott Atwater 16 horsepower outboard motor. We're gonna check it out, see what's going on with it, see if we can make a run around of it. Stay tuned, let's dig in this together. Okay guys, so this is what we got. This is a 1955 Scott Atwater. I've never heard of them, don't know anything about it. There's a tag on it, it is a 1955. Now I've not run the numbers to confirm that yet, but there's the numbers right here. It's a 4200 RPM motor, so I gotta do some more research on it. But right now I wanna see what's going on with it because like I mentioned in a video where I first showed this, someone took the spark plugs out and there's only one plug wire. So I don't know if that goes to the bottom or top because it does make a difference. Now the other plug wire used to be up in there. So it could be coil issues, I don't know if we can find parts for it. I gotta take these three screws out and then I'll have to pull the flywheel off and check it out. So let me get you on the stand here. I'm fairly certain those screws aren't gonna be very tight because like I said, someone's had this apart before and I'm guessing. My guess is that they couldn't get spark. So let's pull this top off of here. There's three screws. It's hot. Yeah, that one's kinda loose. It also says, it says with bail-o-matic. I don't know what that means. I've never heard of that before. So, you know, if you guys know anything, please let me know in the comments. But what my plan is, if I can get this running good, I gave $185 for it. If I can get it running good, I'm gonna put it on the boat and see how well it does on the boat. And whichever motor I like better, that's easier to start and runs better. You know, I'll keep on it and I'll sell the other motor, whether it be this one or that one. I see some, let me set this down here. I see some loose screws up here on the top. I'll probably have to get me a better screwdriver. No, they're coming out. So, like I said, someone just threw, they couldn't get spark or something. Maybe that's having a hard time finding parts, but they just kinda stuck it back together. So the only thing that I see missing so far is spark plugs and a plug wire. So that could be, you know, a coil issue, you know, having a hard time finding parts for, you know, I don't know. Let me get a socket and ratchet for that and I'll be right back with you. Okay guys, so this seems to be a 5 8s. So, I didn't think that'd be very tight. That's why I didn't have my air tools out or anything because like I said, someone just kinda threw it back together, kinda gave up on it I guess, you can say. I was checking the keyway, make sure it didn't have a sheared pin in it. So I'm guessing this ain't gonna be hard to come off. Well, it might be. Let me see. There's a set of points there. Okay, I see an issue right there with a coil. So we probably won't get it running today and it's got a coil off of it. Let me get this off here and I'll show you what I'm talking about. My guess is that we're having coil issues. Maybe they couldn't find parts for it, I don't know. Well, you'd think that flywheel would come off of there. There we go. Like I say guys, I haven't had a part but somebody has. I'm gonna pull this key out of here, put it on the magnet so I don't lose it. I'm gonna put it back together and do some research on some parts for this thing. Cause I know I don't have parts for it. Now I'm gonna show you what we got here. See, there's a coil here. As you can see, that's toast. And there's supposed to be a coil right here and the wire would come out here and I'm not sure which one. I like that, it says set points to 20,000s. Um, the, actually the points don't look that bad on it. I don't know if I can put it in here and turn it and see. Make sure they're opening and closing. Yeah, see this one's not closing. This one here could be a weak spring. See if this one opens any. Okay, so there's what we got. My guess is I could probably, if I can find them, throw a set of coils on here. See, that's in bad shape. I probably throw a set of coils on here. I'll bet you this thing had run. But why would they pull a coil out and leave it out? I don't know. Did they start parting it out for a reason? But it's not locked up. I mean, that's not saying the lower unit's any good. But I think it's worth trying to save it. Now nothing's locked up on it. So, okay. Well, all right, I'm gonna do some research on this for a minute, see if I can get parts for it and make sure it is a 55. Then we're gonna go from there. Hang tight guys. Okay guys, the points are opening. You gotta have this key in here because this is your little cam that opens and closes the points but I'm gonna get this to turn for you here. See that one's opening and closing. And this one is opening and closing. So, I gotta research this thing some more. There's a loose screw there. I don't, I may have to pull this coil off here and see if there's a number on it and try to find me some coils. And if I can, I'll probably see if I can just find a set of points for this thing too. They're in really good shape but the condensers look a little cracked inside there. But anyway, I'm gonna try to do some research on this thing and see what I can find out about it as far as points and stuff like that. Start, that should be up against there and then when you throttle it up like that. So, looks to be in decent shape. But anyway, that's what I'm gonna have to do. There's a number here, FW 2255. I don't know if that's gonna help me out any but I mean, I've got a serial number here but there's some other numbers down here on the bottom. I have to look these up and find out. If I can still, you know, if I can get parts for this thing. I did look a little bit online. Some guys were saying that you can swap these from a Johnson, which is a Navin Road but only this one, the 16 horsepower. They said they didn't think you could do it with the 16 but you could do it on the other engines of the other sizes, so I don't know. So anyway, guys, sorry we didn't get this running today but I think it'll run, I really do. I think this was the issue they were having, no spark. Why they took this out, I don't know. Maybe they took it out to, you know, to try to find another coil or, and it got lost, who knows. But I'm gonna see if I can find these coils and get this thing running because this thing would be so freaking cool. Okay guys, change your plans. We're not gonna quit on this today because what I did was I checked this, the top plug, the top plug wire, the top coil, and it has spark. So, it ain't got me a couple plugs. These aren't the exact perfect ones for this motor but it may be enough to get us to fire that top, the top cylinder. Just wanna make sure it's not gonna hit the plug. Okay, so what I'm gonna do is I've got my, got a little funnel here. I can't find my little thing with the hose in it and I've got some two cycle gas here. So I'm just gonna try to pour a little bit down in here. We're gonna pull it and see if we can get this thing to fire. Okay. And hopefully, well, we'll see if we got a runner or not. So, let's go ahead and put this plug in. These things are huge at 18 millimeter threads. Okay. Now, let's just see, let's give it a tug and see if it'll fire for us. It's got some compression guys. It fired. It did fire. Right, so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna try to put some fuel down this carburetor and we'll see what happens. Okay guys, so, if I'm a little bottle, I squirted some in the carburetor and in the carburetor hose and let's see what happens. Yeah, we got a runner. All right, let's try to fill this carburetor up a little bit through the hose. Let's more in carburetor itself or into the intake, I should say. Hopefully it don't run real long, but check this plug. It's like it might be getting, getting fuel, but that should make it fire. I could have flooded though. I did squirt a lot into the carburetor. Well, clear into the intake of the carburetor. Yeah. What that was, something fell off. I don't know if it was off here. This, that's pretty cool. All right, let me try to get some more gas in carburetor. Now remember, it's only on the top plug too. It's only hitting on the top, so. So it's not like it was going to sit and run perfect. Let me tell you something, it's got some compression now. I just couldn't let it rest. I couldn't leave you guys like that. This thing hasn't been running. He bought it at an estate sale. He was going to put it on one of his boats. He don't have time to mess with it. And he knew nothing about it. All he knew is they told him it's been sitting in that was in a barn, not a shed, not a garage. It's an actual barn find. Though I didn't find it, he did. They said they can't remember how long. So it could be 20, 30 years. They were thinking 15 to 20, but they wasn't positive. Now I just got to find a coil. Hopefully I can find a two-pack. Oh shoot, I got a late blinking. Probably my memory card. Yeah, I got three minutes. All right guys, a coil and the actual right plugs for it. Sounded pretty good for running just on one cylinder. Woo-hoo-hoo, shea bear. The myth of man legend gone for now. Bye-bye guys, have a good one. Thanks for watching.