I picked up an Atwood outboard on fleabay and was took by a gal go figure. Anyone know if parts can be found for it? She States it hasnot been tested. I guess not There's no crank[>:] Its my own fault I should have asked for some pics of it. Need to find a crank and what ever hooks it to the flex shaft. And also need a pulley to start it with. I could use a flex too. I will fart around with it and see what info I can find on it. I have it tore apart if anyone has any pictures of the insides and how it hooks up or any spare parts it would be appreciated. Thanks Dave

The Atwood .050 glow outboard was sold around 1954 and the name is now owned by RJLMecoa):
http://www.mecoa.com/museum/archive1.html
Good luck in your search!

Thanks for the info. Its funny I bought a lot of engines a few days ago. In the lot was two rare atwood wasps. One is complete with tank keeping in my collection. the other is missing the piston but I bet the crank will work in the outboard. But the thing I don't know is if the outboard was a special crank that hooked to the flexshaft, or if im missing some other pieces to connect it up from the crank I have to the flex. I need to find a set of instructions for it.

There is a club for these engines but I don't know the name of it. I met an older gentleman and his wife this past spring at the local RC swap meet and he had a nice collection of the little OB's for sale so there may be someone reproducing parts for them or has original stuff.
The older outboards used straight shafts off the motors to a bevel-geared lower unit.

I found this: http://toyoutboardmotors.com/scott-atwater.htm

Thanks for the link Ron. Those K&O are some pricey devils. See them on ebay in the $300 range and up. Mine is a flex shaft in there the two halfs split below the engine. Im thinking there is a half crank with a hole that ingages into the engine crank then you slide the motor through the first half the bottom end. Then there must be a collet with 2 grub screws to hold it together. Its hard to picture without photo's . I will load some later if I can get a chance.

tHESE PICS SHOULD GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS POST.

There was quite a few .049 outboards in the 50's, never seen an Atwood but the Wen-mac .049 also had a cable drive (the K&B Allyn had bevel gears). Here is a video of the Wenmac on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...30hQZgNiQ#t=4s
You might be able to have a PTO and flywheel machined for it to make it usable, I had a Allyn as a kid and it ran well but not a power house

Thaty thing sounded like it was about to grenade when it leaned out at the end.