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    1960 Evinrude 75hp -- It's working!

    Just talked with my son. He returned from the lobster beds off the coast of La Jolla, CA. This marks another trip where he docked with no repairs needed before going out again. Followers of this forum know we rebuilt the gears. Transmission popped out of gear routinely. We reworked the...
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    Connecting the tach

    There's a tach in the dash of our 1960s Glaspar, powered by an Evinrude 1960 75 HP. How do we connect the tach?
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    Spun prop repair

    Is there a West coast shop that repairs spun props? (1960, 75HP). I know of Soderblooms in MN. Wondered if there was someone closer.
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    We saved the gears! (a long post)

    As outlined is some previous posts, we had problems with our 1960 75 HP Starflite. Wouldn?t stay in gear, forward or reverse. A teardown showed a damaged clutch dog, as well as damaged clutch mating faces on both gears. (See photo). The clutch, at under $100 was doable, but at nearly $1000 for...
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    Problem solved, new problem

    From a previous post, solved the problem of transmission jumping out of gear on our 1960 75 horse engine. I will be posting how we resurfaced drive faces of gears, along with photos. But now, boat moves along at low speed, but up the throttle, the engine races but boat speed doesn't...
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    Shifting Prob, 1960 75HP

    Just got boat with 1960 75HP Evinrude (50522). Engine runs great, but pops out of gear, both fwd and reverse. Disassembled lower end, and clutch dog "ears" are chipped. Could this cause the problem? Can the ears be built up with brass or silver solder, and remachined? (We have access to a...
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