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Not exactly sure what has happened here but I recently bought a choke solenoid for 1974 70hp evinrude(triumph) everything was fine the plunger worked well then all of a sudden the metal plunger just froze up! It will not go back down into the solenoid. It feels as though the inside of the...
Steers great to the left but has alot of tension when u turn to the right. Anything I can do about this? Adjustments I'm sure but is there a certain setting on the cables that I should be at?
Recently I posted about a 1974 70hp evinrude that had a choke solenoid problem. I would like to thank daviet for all the helpful information. And I would like to thank cgibbo308 for the pics and info. I cleaned the carbs replaced 2 missing gaskets on the manifold and replaced 3 plugs on the...
If anyone could show me a pic of what a choke solenoid for a 1974 70 hp evinrude looks like hooked up I would very much appreciate it. My parts will be here in 2 days and this is my last step is knowing how to hook it up and knowing what it should look like when done. Thank you
Ok I have a 1974 70hp evinrude mondel# 70473m. I noticed yesterday that at the end of the choke solenoid where plunger should be is melted into a burnt little ball. My first question is how could that happen? My other concern is the linkage. Is there a rod that should connect to the plunger to...
I have a 1974 70hp triumph outboard motor was told the motor will idle and start just fine but when u push the throttle to go foward it will die. I'm going to be pulling the boat in the garage today. Where should I start? I'm no expert but sounds like some type of fuel problem. Anyways help...
