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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!

CDB

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.

CDB

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

It plays as good as it looks:

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

CDB