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    1969 6HP Impeller replacement

    Hardwater and Vic, Thanks, you helped clear up some foggy spots. The parts lists with the diagrams are a big help. Defintely want a factory service manual, was hesitant to get a seloc or similar. I have always hated Chiltons and other non oem manuals, always inadequate so wasn't sure how good...
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    1969 6HP Impeller replacement

    Thank you both, exactly what I needed to know. Forgive my novice ignorance but I'm not completely up to speed with all the OB terminology. The Evinrude parts diagram shows the "Lower Unit Group" as the entire column below the handle and powerhead base gasket. No sign of a long shift shaft or...
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    1969 6HP Impeller replacement

    Just acquired another vintage Evinrude, 6HP, 6903M-E01331, 10 years newer than my 1959 5.5HP Golden Jubilee. Hoping that is 10 years of progress. Definitely lighter and more compact. Looks easier to work on too. I know on the 1959 model, I have to pull the powerhead to replace the impeller. Is...
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    Vintage Tohatsu M9.8A fires right up! Impeller & fuel line options?

    Thanks for those examples. Here are the A and B parts diagrams. Do you suppose the A type looking like a 8 pointed star is the accurate actual shape or just a draftsman's rendition? Has anyone seen other impellers that are the actual star gear looking design? Most impellers I have seen in...
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    Vintage Tohatsu M9.8A fires right up! Impeller & fuel line options?

    As long as everything else works ok, I think I should be able to get an impeller from somewhere that could work better than this fried one. The B model impeller looks like the common long thin fins with a bit of bulb on the contact end. My A impeller is more of a longer, taller star-shaped 8...
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    Tohatsu M9.8A vs. M9.8B model differences

    Since acquiring a Tohatsu M9.8A and trying to find information about it, which is mostly non-existent, Paul and Sea Rider helped convince me that it is indeed an obsolete one-of -a-kind. I got an A model parts book and Sea Rider posted a Model B parts book for comparison. Thank you both and...
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    Vintage Tohatsu M9.8A fires right up! Impeller & fuel line options?

    THANKS Sea Rider, that M9.8B parts book was exactly what I needed so I could compare with my M9.8A parts book. You and Paul were right, (as expected), this A model is obsolete and truely one of it's own kind! After working through comparing all the parts diagrams, I don't think there is a...
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    Vintage Tohatsu M9.8A fires right up! Impeller & fuel line options?

    Thanks for that detailed instruction. Pic of the shift rod attached. Has to be in forward gear to tilt. N & R tilt is locked. Assume the protruding vent behind the prop is the exhaust and the screen on the side of it is the water intake, correct? Does that fuel connector look like anything still...
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    Vintage Tohatsu M9.8A fires right up! Impeller & fuel line options?

    Thanks, I assumed since it quit pumping water, that the impeller had given up the ghost. Is there anything else that would have stopped it from spitting water? I did get a factory parts manual off ebay but no luck yet for a service manual. Good to know that B2 model is completely different...
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    Ted Williams and Gamefisher both 7.5

    I figured it looked like it was SSI but confirmed with a puller. There is a mark showing previous bit of contact on the inside of the flywheel but no sign of what caused it, no debris or marks on the inner parts. Sad to make this a parts motor because this 1973 other than the SSI, it is the best...
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    Vintage Tohatsu M9.8A fires right up! Impeller & fuel line options?

    Sea Rider, It never occured to me to lick the darn thing! Thanks for the old salty dog tip! I know its unique and obsolete but they built them for 20 years '76 to '98 before the B model came out in 1999. I know that no "modern" parts will fit but didn't realize that a 1999 or 2000 M9.8B would...
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    Vintage Tohatsu M9.8A fires right up! Impeller & fuel line options?

    You guys are right, this could get addicting, lol. After sitting in a shed for 8+ years, cooking in triple digit summer heat, this 'obsolete' M9.8A fired right up! There is gas sludge in the fuel bowl so I expected the carb to be gummed up too but with gravity fed fuel directly to the carb, it...
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    1959 Evinrude 5.5 alive again - water pump replacement?

    After sitting for 8 or 10 years, I finally got her to fire up after cleaning the points, getting spark to both jugs. Ran fine in the start position, and revved up ok briefly. Water pump working, just wouldn't idle without dying. I did some carb cleaning without much disassembly, fired right back...
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    Ted Williams and Gamefisher both 7.5

    This Ted Williams has been on the back burner while I have been working on the '59 Evinrude 5.5, which finally fired up! Then today I got the Tohatsu 9.8 to fire up! I like that one. You guys are right: this could get addicting ;-)) Ran out of daylight to try the Teddy but I did get it on the...
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    1959 Evinrude 5.5 fired up!! Prop depth?

    Thanks everyone, It definitely looked too long to me, and that it had been extended 5" from stock short shaft. It is 23" from cav plate to top of clamp, all the others I have collected are 17". The transom wood is 61 years old and could stand to be replaced so I was wondering if raising the...
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