JUST O&R 237 #1 Posted January 29, 2020 Could not decide what to do next . Eeny-neeny-miny-mo Well I think It will be an outboard . got this with no tank. I'm not sure witch tank to use can some one help me decide? I have a bent round one that came from a undisclosed engine And I have one from a drillgine . ( opinions) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #2 Posted January 29, 2020 I did one with a Drillgine tank. I'll get some pics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CNew 404 #3 Posted January 30, 2020 Anxious to see John’s version with the Drillgine tank. I really like the look of the standard soup can tank on the Aquabug but I bet the Drillgine tank would look really cool too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #4 Posted January 30, 2020 You can see it in these pics. Yellow outboard in the middle of my display. I can get some close ups. I'm with Clint, the soup can would probably look better but... 2 JUST O&R and CNew reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #5 Posted January 30, 2020 That' a display!!! I think that's like your workbench needs to be a little bigger. It's a little had to work when there's no room. look great Maybe I will get it together and put one tank on then try the other and see what I like the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #6 Posted January 30, 2020 Not what I like to see this time of the morning I geese it's off to the boxes to scrounge up a piston. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CNew 404 #7 Posted January 30, 2020 Ouch, yeah that one doesn’t look too good... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CNew 404 #8 Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Wallfish said: You can see it in these pics. Yellow outboard in the middle of my display. I can get some close ups. I'm with Clint, the soup can would probably look better but... That actually looks pretty cool with the Drillgine tank. Nice display as well! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #9 Posted January 30, 2020 Been digging around here at lunch and finally found a suitable downer now its time to get with it need to have this outboard done by spring. Got some water skiing to do. 1 Wallfish reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #10 Posted January 30, 2020 Seems I saved pictures of your Aquabug, it had the bent rod for supporting the plastic tank and all the starter cover screws fitted in the back of the magneto plate, as it would have had the fibreglass/plastic cover too. To use a standard round tank you would need a different tank bracket, with a 90 degree bend in it to allow the tank cap to face up, example below; David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #11 Posted January 30, 2020 That looks like what I have I not sure if I have a bracket for the round tank. I know the drillgine tank will fit for sure but I may make a bracket. ( I cant believe you save all this pictures) Just awesome!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #12 Posted January 30, 2020 The strange part is this recoil is not threaded the blower housing plate is I just thought the guy that stuck it back together just put the screws in backwards. IMG_3560[1].MOV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #13 Posted January 30, 2020 Well four (longer) screws did originally go in that way and dome nuts held on the plastic cover. These are the ones I ordered for my Aquabug's, I had to buy another dozen as they were too short , I also sent a set to Paul for his Aquabug restoration. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #14 Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, JUST O&R said: That looks like what I have I not sure if I have a bracket for the round tank. I know the drillgine tank will fit for sure but I may make a bracket. ( I cant believe you save all this pictures) Just awesome!! I save what I can from ePay (can't find stuff listed on other selling sites though) as they can be used for reference & research, unfortunately I have missed saving some stuff recently due to the difficult time following my Mum passing. This might be useful to you, it's the manual that came with the Perry Aquabug's (re-brand) I bought, now added to the manuals sticky thread in Section 4 (it was posted on one of the other threads in the past); David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #15 Posted January 30, 2020 that's great I wish it had the original top and fuel tank just will need to make the best of it. thanks David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #16 Posted January 30, 2020 I should have a soup can tank bracket if you need one. I still owe ya! 35 minutes ago, JUST O&R said: that's great I wise it had the original top and fuel tank just will need to make the best of it. IMO they look better without the plastic cover. But if it does have one, it's good to keep it original. 2 hours ago, JUST O&R said: The strange part is this recoil is not threaded the blower housing plate is I just thought the guy that stuck it back together just put the screws in backwards. Only the early covers have the threads on the covers. The majority will have the threads on the plates and the screw heads facing the recoil. Mustang style chainsaws have the threads on the tank and the cover and plate don't have threads. 2 factory and CNew reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CNew 404 #17 Posted January 31, 2020 I like that version with the Drillgine tank, pretty cool! I agree as well, I think the outboard looks better without the plastic cover and tank but as John notes, if it has the original better to keep it on there. On 1/29/2020 at 2:34 PM, JUST O&R said: Could not decide what to do next . Eeny-neeny-miny-mo Well I think It will be an outboard . Hold on a second.... I don’t think I saw the finished product of the fixed up Digger 10... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #18 Posted January 31, 2020 12 hours ago, CNew said: Hold on a second.... I don’t think I saw the finished product of the fixed up Digger 10... Waiting on one handle grip they sent me two different sizes and just got the bit cleaned up to paint I will get some paint this weekend . 1 CNew reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #19 Posted January 31, 2020 21 hours ago, Wallfish said: 21 hours ago, JUST O&R said: that's great I wise it had the original top and fuel tank just will need to make the best of it. IMO they look better without the plastic cover. But if it does have one, it's good to keep it original. You could always keep a lookout for the other version and have one original & one without the plastic cover, they are much easier to find in the US than over here. 21 hours ago, Wallfish said: On 1/30/2020 at 7:37 PM, JUST O&R said: The strange part is this recoil is not threaded the blower housing plate is I just thought the guy that stuck it back together just put the screws in backwards. Only the early covers have the threads on the covers. The majority will have the threads on the plates and the screw heads facing the recoil. Mustang style chainsaws have the threads on the tank and the cover and plate don't have threads. A previous owner probably put those screws back that way as that's how they were originally fitted on the Aquabug (well 4 out of 5 of them) and didn't realise they could go in from the other side, but they must have noticed the starter was very loose as a result . The screws are often the shortened & fitted the normal way too, this can be bad for the paintwork on the starter, as the Aquabug used screws with larger heads. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #20 Posted January 31, 2020 The tank bracket (for using a standard round tank) with the 90 degree twist is part no. #97-25, the ex-drill tank looks good too. I can't confirm this, but if the engine parts list (Type 246) is correct, then the early outboard motor did use a standard round tank with the #97-25 bracket and no fragile plastic cover. Other things to note: no stop/kill switch is fitted, the air filter assembly is not used (it has a plastic cover with metal gauze insert instead) and the condenser is fitted to the large cylinder baffle. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #21 Posted January 31, 2020 David the tag on the engine is 13a-246 sn# 02024691 it has a grounding tab attached to the point screw but it does have the little white cover over the carb with a screen and the condenser is on the baffle screw on the carb side.This probably had a plastic tank at some point because it had the tank bracket and the screws were in from the bottom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #22 Posted January 31, 2020 Type 13A is what they called the 1HP Compact III engine from March 1970, the serial no. seems odd normally as there is usually no more than 7 digits, if it starts with 202 then it dates to Feb 1972, the SN for mine (June 1971) is written in the last page of the Aquabug manual I added here. I have a couple of incomplete parts engine for these, I sent Paul a 13A246 cylinder baffle from one of them. The tab is for the condenser, I couldn't see the stop tab in the eBay pics, the normal stop tab would be completely inaccessible with the plastic tank & cover, hence why the instructions say to use the choke lever to stop the engine or to block the air intake with your thumb. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #23 Posted January 31, 2020 This is great the real expert is back we haven’t a chance to fill his shoes and you called us expert 1 1 Wallfish and CNew reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #24 Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/30/2020 at 12:59 PM, JUST O&R said: Been digging around here at lunch and finally found a suitable downer Just in time too. I was gonna do ya a big favor and send ya this On 1/30/2020 at 12:59 PM, JUST O&R said: Got some water skiing to do. funny! I missed this before 1 JUST O&R reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #25 Posted February 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, Wallfish said: funny! I missed this before I think skiing with this outboard might be a little squarely. 2 CNew and Wallfish reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
