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Have no idea what pitch it has. Never looked it was on it when I got it. I actually bought it with the boat and trailer. It was on a 1978 arrow glass javalin. Boat needs transom and stringers. Is why im using the motor on the seacraft for now.
I do have a service manual but it doesnt cover a 77 year model. More from mid 80s to 91 ish.
And my timing light is a year old adjustable type. It worked on my 88 mercury 50 just fine. Thought i would mention that it didnt work on the 77 evinrude in the original post as i thought it might have...
As far as i can tell with the flywheel still on it, the timer base is moving to the advance stop screw. Unless theres something under the flywheel i dont see.
It must be something simple. It ran great, then it acted up.
Hello all, first off I know this problem has been addressed before , but nothing sugested in those old threads seem to help.
I have a 1977 evinrude 115 that I purchased from a marine repair shop that was going out of business. The motor was a mechanics lien deal that had extensive work done to...
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I know this is an old thread but I desperate. I have the very same 77 skeeter, that is undergoing the very same procedure. I bought it last spring knowing that it needed restoring. My plan was to pull the cap off and carefully measure and document all the sub structure as I gutted the...
