Anybody heard of this engine?
 

I "inherited" a Ted Williams 7.5 hp aircooled engine, circa 30-40 years old?
looks in good shape, won't start though.

I am wondering where I could get a carb kit for it, any ideas?

Thx

OldSteveH

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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:14:24 -0400, "OldSteveH"
wrote:

I "inherited" a Ted Williams 7.5 hp aircooled engine, circa 30-40 years
old?
looks in good shape, won't start though.

I am wondering where I could get a carb kit for it, any ideas?

Thx

OldSteveH



Ted Williams was a captive brand of Sears (like Kenmore).
Someone else made it (Elgin?) but your best chance of finding carb
parts will be to start with the carb manufacturer.



go to a lawn mower shop.

OldSteveH wrote:
I "inherited" a Ted Williams 7.5 hp aircooled engine, circa 30-40 years old?
looks in good shape, won't start though.

I am wondering where I could get a carb kit for it, any ideas?

Thx

OldSteveH


SEARS TED WILLIAMS: Built by ESKA. For parts or tech help... call Vern
at Certified Parts Corp. His number is: 1-800-356-0777. They bought the
Eska parts stock back around 1986 when the firm folded.

Rob

Call Twin City Outboard at 952-496-1951. They have one of the best
selection of parts and knowledge about old outboards in the country.

Capt. Jeff

"Tamaroak" wrote in message
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Call Twin City Outboard at 952-496-1951. They have one of the best
selection of parts and knowledge about old outboards in the country.

Capt. Jeff

Thanks folks for the tips, hopefully this will help me get this little puppy
running.

OldSteveH

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:59:56 -0400, "OldSteveH"
wrote:


"Tamaroak" wrote in message
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Call Twin City Outboard at 952-496-1951. They have one of the best
selection of parts and knowledge about old outboards in the country.

Capt. Jeff

Thanks folks for the tips, hopefully this will help me get this little
puppy
running.

The main problem you are going to have is the coil for energize the
ignition system.

I expect to have to clean up the magneto, check and possibly replace the
ignition wire, check the shutoff (ground) wiring. I was hoping not to have
to replace the coil, if one is tough to find then hopefully it can be
rewound.

OldSteveH

Hey I'm impressed. Maybe you could tell me where I can get parts for my 7.5
Ted Williams water cooled (mid to late '60's). I heard two names tossed
around--Scott A****er, McCullough. Neat little motor, weedless prop, all ss
fasteners and twin impellers, one for the water pump the other for a bailer.
LD

"trainfan1" wrote in message
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OldSteveH wrote:
I "inherited" a Ted Williams 7.5 hp aircooled engine, circa 30-40 years
old?
looks in good shape, won't start though.

I am wondering where I could get a carb kit for it, any ideas?

Thx

OldSteveH


SEARS TED WILLIAMS: Built by ESKA. For parts or tech help... call Vern
at Certified Parts Corp. His number is: 1-800-356-0777. They bought the
Eska parts stock back around 1986 when the firm folded.

Rob

LD wrote:
Hey I'm impressed. Maybe you could tell me where I can get parts for my 7.5
Ted Williams water cooled (mid to late '60's). I heard two names tossed
around--Scott A****er, McCullough. Neat little motor, weedless prop, all ss
fasteners and twin impellers, one for the water pump the other for a bailer.
LD


It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took
over the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was
soon shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just
a name morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted
in the late 50's into 60's production.

http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/badted-01.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-02.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-03.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-04.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-05.jpg



a 9hp version:
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/sears1.jpg

Rob

It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took over
the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was soon
shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just a name
morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted in the
late 50's into 60's production.

And didn't Scott start the low profile look to fishing motors? I remember
them making a big thing of the built in bailer back then. I also remember
the big Scott's as being rather noisy. A high school buddy of mine had a
Crestliner with a 35 hp Scott and it was much louder than the Evinrudes we
ran on our boats.

Tom.

Tom wrote:
It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took over
the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was soon
shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just a name
morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted in the
late 50's into 60's production.


And didn't Scott start the low profile look to fishing motors?

Yes.

I remember
them making a big thing of the built in bailer back then.

A long-time Scott / McCulloch feature.

I also remember
the big Scott's as being rather noisy. A high school buddy of mine had a
Crestliner with a 35 hp Scott and it was much louder than the Evinrudes we
ran on our boats.

30 & 33 hp, then 40 hp, there was no 35hp Scott / McCulloch. They were
noisy, the cowls were much simpler than the clamshell OMC brands, but
Scott had fiberglass cowls starting around 1957 and Johnson/Evinrude
caught up a couple of years later. The Johnson/Evinrude 35 & 40 went to
a complicated noise reduction system involving an outer metal shell, & a
large doughnut gasket near the waterline, and an intake silencer in the
lower cowl. They were quieter, the Scott / McCulloch kept the simpler
design that OMC retained for the value-orientated 28hp & 33Hp, and the
Gale 35hp, w/o the full silencing treatment.


Rob

I also remember the big Scott's as being rather noisy. A high school
buddy of mine had a Crestliner with a 35 hp Scott and it was much louder
than the Evinrudes we ran on our boats.

30 & 33 hp, then 40 hp, there was no 35hp Scott / McCulloch. They were
noisy, the cowls were much simpler than the clamshell OMC brands, but
Scott had fiberglass cowls starting around 1957 and Johnson/Evinrude
caught up a couple of years later. The Johnson/Evinrude 35 & 40 went to a
complicated noise reduction system involving an outer metal shell, & a
large doughnut gasket near the waterline, and an intake silencer in the
lower cowl. They were quieter, the Scott / McCulloch kept the simpler
design that OMC retained for the value-orientated 28hp & 33Hp, and the
Gale 35hp, w/o the full silencing treatment.


Rob

I knew it was somewhere in the 30+ hp range. I didn't realize all that was
involved in making the Evinrudes quieter, however. Interesting.
Tom.

Around 9/26/2005 6:13 PM, trainfan1 wrote:

It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took
over the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was
soon shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just
a name morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted
in the late 50's into 60's production.

http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/badted-01.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-02.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-03.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-04.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/scottmc9hp/Badted-05.jpg


I like the built-in lights...

--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

trainfan1 wrote:
: Tom wrote:
:It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took over
:the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was soon
:shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just a name
:morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted in the
:late 50's into 60's production.
:
:
: And didn't Scott start the low profile look to fishing motors?

: Yes.

: I remember
: them making a big thing of the built in bailer back then.

: A long-time Scott / McCulloch feature.

: I also remember
: the big Scott's as being rather noisy. A high school buddy of mine had a
: Crestliner with a 35 hp Scott and it was much louder than the Evinrudes we
: ran on our boats.

: 30 & 33 hp, then 40 hp, there was no 35hp Scott / McCulloch. They were
: noisy, the cowls were much simpler than the clamshell OMC brands, but
: Scott had fiberglass cowls starting around 1957 and Johnson/Evinrude
: caught up a couple of years later. The Johnson/Evinrude 35 & 40 went to
: a complicated noise reduction system involving an outer metal shell, & a
: large doughnut gasket near the waterline, and an intake silencer in the
: lower cowl. They were quieter, the Scott / McCulloch kept the simpler
: design that OMC retained for the value-orientated 28hp & 33Hp, and the
: Gale 35hp, w/o the full silencing treatment.

My dad had a 75 HP McCoullough. 3 cylinder. Very high compression and
went like a bat outta hell when it ran (very high power to weitht ratio).
However, it blew head gaskets like crazy and even threw a rod once. He
ended up having to get rid of it due to reliability problems and went to
a 90 HP Johnson that didn't outrun it. It was more reliable though.

b.

: Rob