A fun quickie

[Engmaxx]

Broken throttle arm plastic bracket on my old Johnson. Wouldn't justify $55 for a NOS replacement. I made it instead. Works like the original and I can make it again if needed. Enjoy the fabrication porn or not!

 

[Dan Dubeau]

GREAT Job! I like how you machined it in millturn mode.

I often wonder how much stuff gets thrown away for the lack of a simple repair like this. I probably don't want to know. I had to machine a new tilt lock knob for my little 4.5hp evinrude years ago. Part NLA, but I found one hiding in a block of aluminum.

 

[LenVW]

Nice job, Michael !!
Your watercraft friends will be calling on your skills !!

 

[TorontoBuilder]

GREAT Job! I like how you machined it in millturn mode.

I often wonder how much stuff gets thrown away for the lack of a simple repair like this. I probably don't want to know. I had to machine a new tilt lock knob for my little 4.5hp evinrude years ago. Part NLA, but I found one hiding in a block of aluminum.

I bet there are 50,000 breville espresso makers tossed out every quarter when their plastic parts crack and fail

 

[Chicken lights]

GREAT Job! I like how you machined it in millturn mode.

I often wonder how much stuff gets thrown away for the lack of a simple repair like this. I probably don't want to know. I had to machine a new tilt lock knob for my little 4.5hp evinrude years ago. Part NLA, but I found one hiding in a block of aluminum.

Local mechanic foreman said he blew an injector tip while in Italy on a boat racing team. (yeah yeah just believe the story, it’s far fetched but this is what I was told) Trashed two valves and a piston. They found a piston but no valves. They had manuals with parts diagrams and blueprints and the machine shops over there made the valves

I want to say it was a Detroit 8-71 but that part I could be wrong on

Anyway the gist is, countries on other continents have the ability to fix stuff, by making parts, where we rely on buying the replacement part, usually

 

[JustaDB]

A fun quickie & fixing your Johnson. Don't pornos start w/ that story line?

 

[Engmaxx]

Nailed it.

 

[Engmaxx]

Thanks for the kudos. It is satisfying to put both fingers up to the system and say challenge accepted. Why waste my money if I can make it. It wouldn't be worth doing for someone else unless they had the exact same part or they think its worth it because they don't want to scrap a machine for one item. Hey I was going to live with the zip-tie fix but I like to do things right whenever possible. I'm happy.

 

[Tecnico]

Thanks for the kudos. It is satisfying to put both fingers up to the system and say challenge accepted. Why waste my money if I can make it. It wouldn't be worth doing for someone else unless they had the exact same part or they think its worth it because they don't want to scrap a machine for one item. Hey I was going to live with the zip-tie fix but I like to do things right whenever possible. I'm happy.

Two big thumbs up for the fix it vs throw it away culture! I do so enjoy having tools and wherewithal to do fixes like that.

(Comments on beancounters deleted, LOL!)

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