Re: Maxwell Tecumseh Canadian aka Spartan 5

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bill-loveland


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quote Mumbles:

quote bill_loveland:

Mumbles, when you take a look at yours, see if you can read what your handle says.

I just looked at my Spartan and I can make out a 4 and Spartan inside the triangle cast into the tiller but the rest is kind of vague. It would need beading to make it any clearer.

There’s no decal saying Maxwell anywhere on it but it does have an ID plate fastened to the front identifying it as a Lauson four stroke powerhead. This outboard truly is a ‘mower on a stick’ and going by the serial number, there must have been close to ten million of them made!

Thanks Mumbles – I suspect the serial number reflects the number of engines made in all applications, not just outboard

Now to find somebody who can solve the "MAXWELL" puzzle. As it happens, I have a Canadian friend who is a Lauson (outboard) expert, as well as having a strong interest in lots of other mechanical things.

Would a junk Lauson outboard be a donor source of an intertia wheel?