can this be repaired?
01-24-2006 | 06:35 AM
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From: Edgerock Baby!!
Re: can this be repaired?
Rat, with damage like that I'm guessing you may have bent the prop shaft too-might be worth checking while it's apart.
01-24-2006 | 01:21 PM
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From: Beautiful Fort Lauderdale www.cheetahcat.com
Re: can this be repaired?
Originally Posted by ratman
cig, the prop was nothing, i forgot to mention, i packed the cooling system with mud and blew the head gaskets and stuck a piston 
it did sound kinda cool when it seized up tho 
waaaaaa urrrrrrp!!
it did sound kinda cool when it seized up tho waaaaaa urrrrrrp!!One the old cigarettes had #3 houseboat-drives(like a bravo the size of a Volkswagen) and the props were non existent to make a long story short we welded up much worse..
The first 4 blade was if the story is correct a three blade some one welded 4 blades on it
Last edited by Steve 1; 01-24-2006 at 08:31 PM.
01-24-2006 | 02:57 PM
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From: medellin colombia, pablo escobar's lil town
Re: can this be repaired?
tom thats great if you can come up with something, it just has to have three complete blades any cond, and be ss as the alum ones last about 5 minutes. thx again, ratman
01-24-2006 | 02:59 PM
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Re: can this be repaired?
Originally Posted by ratman
this is off my little outboard. i've been using the prop wash to blow the muck out of my canal . i hit a log or something wfo and tore the ends of the blades off, was wondering if it can be fixed, as i'll be making more passes as soon as i get this fixed or scrounge up another prop. any one have an old 19 or 20 pitch ss prop for a merc 150 they wanna sell cheap. prefer one thats ruff already as its gonna be a tough life for the prop
i think JC has some he can lend ya.
