I recently acquired a 1954 evinrude fleetwin 7 1/2 horse. After cleaning out the rats nest and seeing the amount of corrosion on the front of the block and carb areas I am thinking I may be better off swapping another powerhead onto this center section as the corrosion and the fact that neither...
I have an 89' 85hp Cabrea Outboard that says suzuki on the title bearing the model numbers of EL85P. Here's my problem. I thought this was an identical match to the suzuki DT-85 and I've found that my motor has a bad head gasket which is letting water into the middle cylinder and giving a...
I've gotten the boat out and have began to check it out as it's time to hit the rivers. I seem to be faced with a tough question. For some it would be a no-brainer being tear it apart and rebuild it NOW. Here's my situation and a couple of questions. I have a 89' Cabrea 85hp with an Outboard Jet...
I ran an ad on a local website looking to buy a few old motors (I just tinker with them as a hobby). A guy replies telling me he had what he thought was a early 70's model merc 50 horse 4 cyl. After seeing it I realized it could be a good parts donor for my 77 Merc 50 Horse Thunderbolt. He also...
