Yep the Colt is a 2hp outboard. I will check again but I am sure at
some point I unscrewed the tank completely just to make sure it was
venting properly.





On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 18:31:58 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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It's a small, 2 or 3 hp, outboard with a built in tank. The tank cap
should have an air vent on it. The air vent must be screwed open for the
engine to run.


That was my "maneuver" as a 14 year old taking a girl I was all googly-eyed
about for a boat ride around the small lake we lived on during the summer.

12 foot Sears aluminum boat with a 2-1/2 hp Montgomery Ward outboard.
We'd get underway, round the bend and the engine would die in the middle of
the lake, out of sight of anybody back at the cottage. Of course, I knew
exactly where to shut the vent down tight so the boat would die where I
wanted it to. I used to tell her the engine just need to cool down for a
while.

Eisboch