He is inspirational and humble at the same time,will watch every time.

Propellor is Michigan Wheel.. Old company. Still in business

Totally agree, this is my fav channel for sure. Not the same thing exactly but the "Watch Wes Work" channel is a great mechanic channel also.

thank you sir,

Another thing is that when he talks, it's as if you're right there with him. He'll ask, well what do we wanna do first or the most frequent question, Did you see any spark?..... LOL

A beautiful prop it is too. When Mustie took it off I thought that's worth money all by itself. People love those old bronze props. You could probably get $50 for it alone. Easy!

The only reason I recognized it is the M stamp and having bought a new prop from them for my Scott Atwater outboard many moons ago.

I hear boomsticks are made in Grand Rapids, Michigan as well. They're made with walnut stock and cobalt blue steel ;-)

That's incredible.

This is such a bad ass little jon boat engine. Stuff made back then was made to last forever.

Things are still built with pride, just a different kind now

😊

"It means we need to clean the carburetor." That one got me to LOL

I don’t really smile after that

@@Marksgoodvids Then why are you here?

@@Steve_Just_Steve idk

I definitely did!

you got it bud sitting here waiting the master to figure it out lol

I was wondering if that might be it.

I bet that's right. also the grip is from an early 60s bicycle.

@1:19:54 - It's plain as day there. Great observation!

That suspicious hex cap there was my clue .... but sometimes you have to grab the horse by its tail to find out where the head is !

You won't see videos like this in the future because if a product can last 1 year today that is long enough to get it out of warranty.

Did it hurt right away? 😂

No there is usually a delay.. I see the hammer strike my thumb and I have time to think, now that’s gonna hurt and sure enough...

@@brh4115 yeah or you see a nice big flap of skin gouge out and you just sit there waiting too see if its a gusher or not lol

@@brh4115 the delay is the scary part. because you dont know if you just pinched yourself or you really messed yourself up.

Did that one a few times

I have a Mercury 2 stroke from 2004 that doesn’t have a neutral!

most sub-5hp engines like that don't have neutral.... i had an early 70's evinrude 4hp on a 12ft v-hull jon boat as a kid, that little engine cranked up and you were gone whether you wanted to be or not

Burned by the exhaust pipe?

@@sukalangern No burns. It was just a poor running motor that gave him fits when he went to start it. always seemed harder for him to start on the water for some reason. RIP Grumps.

Yeah, this is the type of motor i'd want if i had to depend on it. Basic tools fix it, just take care of it and it'll last ages more.

We wouldn't have the crap we have today if people wouldn't bitch about the cost. Everyone wants good pay and that increases cost.

Exactly!

@@chuckstith838 well....yes.....but if we didn't ship all of our manufacturing overseas the last 50 years we'd still have some sort of skilled labor to handle everything. Trade schools no longer teach the skills to make things any more. So what do companies do......they still charge you an arm and a leg for plastics being installed in engines. We've been Walmarted for far too long. I'm not a Nationalist or anything.....I would just like to see the USA be less independent on China for it's goods.

@@YukonHawk1 Once again that comes down to how much people are willing to pay. If you compare the price (including inflation) of a 2021 engine (plastics and all) to a similar power engine from the 70s.... the modern one wins hands down for price, lasts longer, and is cheaper to replace than rebuild. At the end of the day, if there isn't a market, there isn't a manufacturer. That includes trade schools - if there isn't a market for the labor, nobody will go to the school. And by the way - we do still make a lot of things here. We export a lot of heavy equipment, electrical equipment (both heavy stuff like transformers and lighter/more complex stuff like semiconductors), appliances, even cars and trucks... in general, high-value products, versus cheap widgets. When the cost-benefit flips (and it periodically does), factories get built here.

AS you said , from a time when things were built to last , really makes that old saying ''keep it simple '' ring true.

@@MrTarmonbarry Yeah, but at the cost of efficiency and power though.

@@Skoda130 yes and no. Is it efficient to transport materials round the world 2 times to build a Tesla rather than using the scrap metals from what you already have ??. , same thing with modern cars , most will be scrapped within 10 years max but there are old simple cars 40 years old and still running because they are not so complex as modern ones . Thats a ratio of 4 to 1 , makes you think , or it should anyway

@@MrTarmonbarry I was not talking about electric cars, but comparing old IC engines with more modern complex ones that can break more easily, or can be harder to diagnose. That's the price you pay for higher efficiency, and lower emissions. And let's be fair: Not many of these old engines are left anyway, because if used much, they wear out too. Even more so than modern engines, because of higher tolerances, and the lesser quality lubricants back in the day, apart from some low revving stationary engines. Ofcourse it would be better to recycle materials on your own turf, instead of hauling is around the globe. Problem is, that an economy that demands eternal growth, will always need virgin materials next to recycled materials. So you can't escape doing that, as long as you need growth, and the use of non-renewable materials. EV's in the long run, are a necessity if we don't want to turn back to horses and carriages. Eve if you don;t believe in man made involvement in climate change, oil will run out. The quality and EROEI of oil are already dropping.

@@Skoda130 Some of the old cars are still running , 40 years old , yes they might have had a rebuild and work done but the overall effect as far as emissions are concerned is no near what they are to build a new car , especially a Tesla. How many of those will have a new battery pack fitted when they reach their end of life ??, not to many with the cost of them and by that time the other more conventional parts will need a lot of work done so overall you are back to square one unless someone can come up with a battery pack that will last 20 years or so . Tesla claim between 100,000 and 300,000 miles for the battery pack , thats quite a wide range , lets wait and see . The other problem is that they are not practical no matter how much it might be a green idea the range is hopeless and charging is a nightmare for anyone without a driveway . What do you do , park it at a charging station and get the bus home ??. What is needed is something that will last , has a decent range , 500miles or so and does not need to be plugged in to a socket . Where i live there are 3 entrances to the apartment building and 30 apartments to each entrance , 9 floors high and no way of charging . As i said , it might be what we need , maybe not but its not practical . Then you have the cost of the initial purchase , how many people can afford $50,000 for a Tesla , and the others are not cheap. If they are cheap they are rubbish . I think Honda are working on hydrogen , a more practical solution to the pollution problem and there is gas , thousands of the cars here run on it , mainly because its about half the price of gasoline or benzine as its known . Back to the horse and cart ???, crazy as it might sound its not that bad of an idea , the world needs slowing down before it implodes . My first wife knew someone who worked somewhere , the details are lost in time now , anyway , this woman claimed that they could build an engine that would never wear out , something to do with ceramics i think . Take that , grow more crops that can produce fuel , limit engine sizes and its an alternative . Who honestly needs or can use a 5 litre engine on today's roads , there is just to much traffic out there . Climate change ??, is it because of us or is it as another theory goes just an evolution of the planet , its been doing it for a long time , two ice ages that we know of so maybe its possible Back to your opening , yes modern engines are more complex and as far as diagnosing is concerned you need a tech with a laptop before you need a mechanic with a spanner , sad , as you say , they break more easily , higher stressed so something has to give , i know it , i worked as a bike mechanic and saw the way it was going , Yamaha built a 750cc engine with 5 valves per pot , nightmare of a thing ( OWO1) so yes , the high tech modern stuff has its major drawbacks . Strange thing is that a lot of the old victorian stuff still works , yes its been repaired a few times but its still going unlike a lot of the modern trash . It is partly because they were unsure about the strenth of metals back then along with the fact they took a longer term view of things , they looked 100 years ahead , nowadays its more like 10 . Thats my little , or not so little rant over . Hope it did not bore you to much )))) Take care

When that motor was built there was still pride in everything

We still have pride in our work. That is American products made in the USA . Unfortunately our goverment encourages the sale of our manufacturing to china . Kick them out of our government ,VOTE.

Another win for the motor Whisperer!😊 I met doubted!

The companies that buy the products being made overseas could demand the products being made would last but they would cost more. Before China took over we had products coming for Japan that were junk, then from Tiawan, then from Pakistan and India. Now lots of things that China used to make are coming from Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and any other 3rd world country that will do it cheaper. It started back in the late 60s and has continued, unabated ever since. It started really moving after 1980 and reached it peak in the about 2019 when the trade imbalance with China fell because of the pandemic. Now it is heading back up, our country is controlled by multinational corporations, has been for a long time.

@Dani Balrog True, but we’re not far from speaking Chinese...

Not many people could read and write back then. Phonics. Sound it out

it is the oil fill, i was screaming at the screen that he keeps missing it

yeah right on:)

@@DatBlueHusky me too!!

Cap bolt behind tiller handle looks like an oil fill level👍👌😉

@@DatBlueHusky Me too!

I love the utter simplicity of it and no need for a water pump

Just as I was telling him at my screen ! 👍

Excellent tip

Might put an end to some of that leakage.

Forget the o ring and just get me a nut please 🥺

@@chuckstith838 Nah...I married one of those...could do with a new piston though!

And a little love .

@@colriegardener1334 Well we all need some "Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably-Priced Love and a Hard-Boiled Egg"...

Glad you enjoy it!

I love the looks of them. I've been wanting to come across one for a while.

Greg Panek - This 4-stroke outboard motor was well ahead of its time. Surprised this engine was air cooled.

@@rogertycholiz2218 I think all of Lauson's motors were air-cooled- both 2- and 4-stroke versions. I remember a tiny engine made for Montgomery Ward which was an air-cooled 2-stroke.

@@rogertycholiz2218 I found a Tecumseh 2 stroke boat motor from the late '60 that was air cooled. It was something like 3 hp. I gave it to my brother in law and he put it on a row boat for fishing. It served him well. Air cooling an engine makes it so much simpler. Just take a production lawn mower engine and put it on top and set up a prop drive! no water ports in the engine, no water pump much less maintenance. I can see having water cooled with multiple cylinders but with a single cylinder, air cooled is all you need. I don't understand why it wasn't more wide spread, and with the 4 stroke engine, you didn't have to mix oil in the gas, no oily rainbows in the water that the fish you're eating live in!

1950 my dad bought a new 6hp power lauson It was four stroke and air cooled. I wish l knew the location of the engine l would try but it back.

1950 my dad bought a 6 hp lauson . It was a four stroke and Air cooled.

Mike McMenamin or starting?

I would guess that it keeps water out of the engine too

My buddies and I have used that cartoon passage for decades - I swear that's the first time I've heard anybody outside our circle use it! Mustie is real close to my age and many Mustie-isms are similar - sometimes I think he was a guy we grew up with. Friggin' awesome!

@@oldschoolriverrat I use it from time to time to lol . I like his business card lol

Not only American, nowdays almost any product you get are made for profit (typically made in china) rather than quality and pride.. I just love those old things!

IT IS TIME TO TAKE OUR INDUSTRY BACK ! & DRAIN THE SWAMP !

Mustieisms.. "didn't spill a drop".. "did I hurt myself".

Now it's 21 people wishing they had this kind of skill

michel - Just found a real good one at Harbor Freight for $9

I got one with a 5mm camera on the end, real handy!

@@datadavis Where did you find that ?

The long time subscribers know that there was a barrel for testing outboards and no he doesn't through away anything. We have seen old junk salvaged from the scrap that is already loaded on the trailer destined for the scrap yard.

Oxydol and a wringer washing machine , I wonder how many parents Heard the call for help ! My fingers are stuck in the wringer again ..the good old days

Minn-Kota made 4 strokes back then as well..Sears Roebuck sold them along with a Sears brand. They cost too much money compared to a 2 stroke.

@@netrioter They are complex(more moving parts), relatively heavy compared to a 2 stroke, requires more maintenance, and do not produce as much power per weight as a 2 stroke. They are more quiet, and the main reason why they are back, is mainly due to emissions/fuel economy.

@@SantaClaw They also make great kicker motors for fishing/trolling because they run so smooth and steady at low RPMs - 2 strokes are notoriously hard to get to idle for a long time, and because of the fuel/oil mixture like to carbon up the plugs if they idle for hours. 4 strokes can idle at 400-500 RPM all day long happily and quietly.

depends on the engine size also, typically your smaller engines are all 2 stroke

@@offshack dont know if u ever had 2 stroke or if what size but we use still our 3hp 2stroke evinrude for trolling and its amazing, goes hours on idle at time never had problems in +20 years, i guess larger hp motors might have some problems but this little beast is goood

I think some t shirts with Crustie on it or the old motorized bicycles on it would look cool. I would buy them for sure.

If it were me... I'd want mustie1 branded tools. A body hammer, or impact screw remover. A fuel bottle. I'd rather buy that kind of merch.

@@manytrickpony695 A cup to drain gas into!

Please don't say "merch". The youth of today keep bastardizing words they can't spell or so lazy it takes too long to text.

@@born_again_torinos Nonsense. It was the children of the early 80s that created the short form

LUBE her

@@chuckstith838 Lube it

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@RRRIBEYE "Can't see the slot" LOL

I was gonna suggest by the way Mustie was going on he should lube it with some KY jelly.