I winterized the motor this week, last run in October - kept in garage since then - and I noticed a significant water leak coming from underneath the block. Water was pouring out the hole in the bottom of the cowling. Still had good pressure from the water pump indicator. I changed the water...
OK, so I use the shop manual to pull the lower unit to replace the water pump impeller. Everything went well. Putting it back together, I've run into a problem: I can't get the shift linkage re-connected. The manual simply says to re-connect. Any helpful hints, or is is pretty much trial...
I just purchased a new 8 hp 4 stroke yamaha (not the T-8 - couldn't afford that) for a kicker to replace a 1965 5 hp evinrude. Some have suggested that I get a support bracket for the kicker to use when I'm running the main motor. Is this necessary? I never used one with the little 5 hp...
Does anyone have any experience with a single cylinder four stroke outboard? I'm in the market for a new kicker since my '65 evinrude 5 hp has died for the final time (after thousands of hours and multiple rebuilds - I could take that motor apart in my sleep). I use the kicker primarily for...
