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dogspower 
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 Topic: 74 southwind enginePosted: July-22-2009 at 1:10am |
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I just bought a 74 southwind in really good shape the person i bought it from to;d me it has the stock engine in it after reading some on hear i looked and it has a left hand prop on it does that mean that the engine has been changed to a car engine how do i tell the diff. is there anyway by looking at the engine or not did this boat come with left hand engine,thanks scott
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 1:28am |
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I have a '76 Southwind. It has a RH engine as stock. I am pretty sure they all did. If you stand behind the engine as it runs, it should turn to the right. A std car engine would turn to the left.
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 1:33am |
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well mine turns to the left i guess it has a left hand prop one acme451
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 1:38am |
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if this was changed they would have had to change the trans also right surely they would have not just changed the shifter and run it in revese to go foward
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 2:02am |
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No, they would not run the trans in reverse. I think there is a indexing mechanism that has to be changed for it to run left hand. I am not sure how to do that, but, I have seen it mentioned on various posts on this site. And, as you already know, it would also involve going with a LH prop.
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 2:05am |
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is there anyway to look at the head to see if they used the marine heads or not
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 2:08am |
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The tranny does not care which direction the motor spins, only the pump.Remove four bolts spin the pump 180. If this is not done the tranny will not work.
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 2:11am |
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my 74 has left hand prop on it now and it runs very good but from what i can tell it shoud be right hand
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Posted: July-22-2009 at 3:12am |
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If its working now....don't fix it!
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