Recent content by Pleasure Boat Junction

I've had this Lark II for a few years, and decided to try it out since my other motor went south. Previous owner told me that when it warms up it misses. I took it out tonight and found out what he was talking about. It doesn't feel like a miss in the motor, it feels like it jumps a tooth in...

I explained this to the local evinrude repairman, and he said he has never heard of this happening before, and has no idea what the problem is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7OLnbQqEMQ This is the 1970 evinrude triumph 60hp that I posted about a couple of weeks ago. The video shows what is...

Ok, anyone want to take a stab at this? It died the other day on the river. Only running on one cylinder. No power. Dies when I try to rev it up. I put in new plugs and checked the points, and verified the flywheel hasn't shifted. I just tried it and it pops and backfires like it's out of...

Iv'e been reading various sites where people are talking about blueprinting racing boat hulls to get a few more mph from them. Could I get some definitions of terms I have run across, and what exactly they are talking about? These for now: Sharpening Strakes and Chines, Putting sharp edges on...

I have a 1963 14' Starcraft aluminum runabout that I am going to scrap in the next few days. I wanted to run it by you guys to make sure its not some collectors boat that should be salvaged.:confused: It would be a nice project except for the following: Two boats in the driveway, wife is...

Hi, I am working on a 1970 Evinrude 60HP. This is the same engine from previous posts that has a bad compression reading on the #1 cylinder, 135, #2 165, #3 160. I can't get it to idle smoothly. It always seems like one clylinder is cutting in and out. Yesterday I disassembled and cleaned the...

A few weeks ago I took the sparkplugs out of my motor and thought for sure that someone had put the wrong ones in it. It has Champion L76V which turns out to be a surface gap plug. I had never seen that type of plug. I checked the manual and sure enough it calls for that number. I read the...

Just curious, if running at wot in a runabout and you crank the wheel full to the left or right, what is the result? Will it skip sideways, or flip the boat, or ? I pushed mine through some medium hard turns to see how it handles. I think it may have slid sideways a little. I'm afraid to...

I just checked the compression on this new to me 71 evinrude 60hp. The compression readings are as follows: 1: 150 2: 170 3: 169 What would you do? Also, in several post this motor is called a looper. Could somebody explain what that means?

I bought a boat with a 71 evinrude 60hp. I want to check the timing. Does anyone know how to connect a tach to it?