Brunswick Model 117 Springs

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Bought a Brunswick Model 117 off Craigslist. The crank spun freely both directions. That was a new one for me. Took the motor out and discovered one of the 2 springs barrels was empty and missing a gear. Nice surprise.

Got the spring barrels apart. Went and bought a couple oil filter removal tools to facilitate the seperation. Mr Vollema will be able to provide the springs and gear I need.

The springs in the one spring barrel were wound clockwise. I assume the springs in the other spring barrel would be wound counter-clockwise since the winding gear goes the other direction for that barrel, right?

The grease in the loaded spring barrel appears to be fairly fresh. Though I had to remove and clean one of those springs to measure it, I might just leave the remaining greasy spring as-is (with the addition of some Lucas oil stabilizer). Maybe someone started to refurbish the motor but never finished.

This is still fun!

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MORE! The 3rd spring, the greasy one, was broken. Put the spring barrel back together and the springs would wind a little then spin. Took out the greasy spring and it was broken in 2 about ⅔ of the way from the center. Now the cost for this machine is ⅔ parts and ⅓ purchase price.

I think that's all.

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Finally got all the parts and the time to put this motor back together. I'm quite pleased with the result. Watch it play on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa57y45--6g

This is my first Brunswick repair. Never seen a motor configured like this one before.

CDB

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It plays as good as it looks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qukvt0lZaLE

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