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Hey Guys. Have a question regarding my 1978 70 hp Evinrude 70879c.. On the gearbox near the water intake, there is a hex head screw. Mine has been butchered by the former owner, and I am wondering what its purpose is.. Any info is appreciated Gibb

Re: 74 70hp evinrude choke solenoid problem ok. mine is a 1978 70hp but they should be pretty much the same

Hey guys. I finally have the old 1978, 70hp evinrude off the boat while i work on the structure. I was going to strip the tilt trim pump and clean everything up. the prob is i can't get the tilt tube out.. I removed the nut of each end and removed the grease nipples just in case. i gave the...

Ok well the compass itself is not strange, BUT.. I was out working in the boat and noticed that the compass (internals) were upside down.. the only way i was able to get the numbers right side up, was to remove the compass from the helm, turn it upside down and shake it while turning it up and...

Re: Can I use a 3 wire tilt and trim motor with the "relay" box. ok. the 3 wire pump uses 1 relay 2 wire pump uses 2 relays. so. you are going from a 2 wire pump to a 3. so, this is easy. because (with evinrude) they decided to only use a relay for "up" and direct wire for down as...

Re: Random Marine Pics From Your Area you know this one :) the heads, well one side of them any way :)

Gday guys and gals. Have here a 1978 70hp evinrude. Just for g iggles, i dug out my old vac caby sync gauges. didnt i get a shock to find nothing on my carbies to attatch them to. how does one sync the carbies on these engines using vaccum gauges?

Re: Nautiglass Sportsman V150 resto hey guys I got the v15 about 3 months ago. V150_sportsman,yours looks about 100 times better than mine lol and rso117 yours is just great :) Mind you, i only paid about 1k for it, and it needs a hell of a lot of work. I havn't decided if i will restore it...