i honed the cylinder head with sandpaper and put on a new gasket and ran my 7.5 in a trash can today. Im not sure what is going on. The engine starts great and revs highest about 3/4 throttle and runs slowly at full throttle. i tried shifting it into gear today and the prop does not spin. after...
i was screwing the sparkplugs back in my 55 7.5 evinrude and it would not tighten. I unscrewed it and in the sparkplugs threads were the threads from the cylinder head all broken off. can i re-tap this or will that not work and i need a new cylinder head? thanks
i was rechecking the compression and when i looked in the bottom cylinder after taking out the spark plug i saw some creamy white/green stuff. this could be water or maybe seafoam still in the cylinder from decarbing last night. how do i confirm and what do i do if it is water?
i have been working on a 7.5 hp 1955 evinrude and today i started it. Started with only a few pulls! So she's not running great and i have more work to do but at least i know it will start - and that is encouraging. I put 2oz/gallon of seafoam in the gas tank (which is mixed 1/24) and sprayed...
i have a 1955 evindrude 7.5 and i am replacing the gaskets. the manual calls for number 1000 gasket sealer. I looked for this at the autoparts store and no one had heard of it. what do yall use? thanks
im working on a 1955 7.5 evinrude model 7518 and i went to drain the differential oil and there was none and a few drips of water came out. should this cause as much panic as i feel. my seloc manual says i will need to change the seal behind the propeller. are these available still? any...
I am working on taking the crankcase cover off so i can examine the pistons and change the rings and do basic maintenence to the block. However, the flat head screws that hold the crank case on are stuck! i have tried penetrating oil with no success. What should I try next? Also, the manual...
so i rebuilt the carb on my engine and i am wondering if i should put it on and see if it cranks or should i open the block and look at the pistons? i have a book to do it but i am just curious. probably a dumb question
so i have a carburetor rebuild kit for my 1955 7.5hp and i notice that it does not have a fuel filter bowl gasket. actually no kit i have seen online has one. the one that was in there originally is ok..a few cracks but not too brittle...but obviously i would like a new one. Also, do i need a...
I have a 1955 7.5 hp and i am wondering how to get the flywheel off. I rented a harmonic balancer puller and screwed the 3 screws in and now i just dont know how the puller works. (a newbie what can i say - gotta start somewhere) i should be getting my manual tomorrow in the mail (im so...
I just bought a 1955 7.5 Evinrude Fleetwind and i am wondering what manual to get. The seloc only goes back to 1956 and i was wondering if there is a big difference between the '55 and the '56. I think it is pretty close to running anyway. I think that a good carb cleaning/rebuilding should...
