this is on my 2005 suzuki df 50 with just under 130 hours. took my intake off earlier this year to work over my VST and found the intake runners around the injectors were coated in gunk. also the back side of the valves were caked up some. i didnt do anything to clean it and recently ive been...
ive had this 2005 suzuki df-50 for a few years now and from the time i got it, it has never seemed to idle smoothly and when starting it it will crank for maybe 5+ seconds before it hits, then it might fire up and stall, i crank it again and stays running. also when you rev it off idle it has a...
today i fired up my 76 evinrude 25hp after a "rebuild" and repaint. everything went good and was running great except for noticing a small amount of water seeping by the new head gasket in 1 or 2 tiny spots. it had been torqued to spec per the manual, 10 ft-lb. i saw that your supposed to...
ive been working on a complete tear-down, tuneup and repaint of my 1976 evinrude 25, a motor thats pretty much always been a saltwater motor. this includes having been docked most of the time and in the water near other boats, all charging at some point frequently so electrolysis did its thing...
my local mechanic said just make sure the faces are extremely clean and use the 518, i see on here others have used it with no primer and havent had issues yet.
does anyone know for sure if the primer is necessary?
ive been rebuilding my '76 25 hp evinrude, its completely torn down.
the lower unit ive been using has been functioning fine but is kinda beat on the skeg and is corroded bad around the water pump mount. i have a spare lower unit that is in much nicer shape that i was going to swap in. i...
been working on alot of other stuff on my '76 25hp evinrude, making a list of parts to order. figured id go ahead and get a thermostat/gasket. i went ahead and popped off the thermostat housing to take a look and found no thermostat. this motor was my grandfathers for a while, he got it from a...
So as i explained in an earlier post, http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=394237
i opened a can of worms when attempting what i thought would be a minor tune up. i noticed air escaping from the crank case seam. figuring this seal leaking was the issue i finally tore into the motor today...
SO i decided i could fix my little issue. its a 1976 25hp evinrude. had been running pretty good. perfect except for a miss on throttle up. it would lag a little like missing on 1 cyl. if i gassed it harder though it would come out of it and run great. seemed like the issue had been getting...
ive searched but could find no info on what size or a source for woodruff key, crank key. i didnt have the flywheel tight when cranking after adjust points and sheared the key.. yeah i screwed up.
so for a while now ive had a weird vibration coming thru my motor. its a 76 evinrude 25 hp. Of the 2 top side motor mounts, 1 was ruptured and broke, the other seemed to be in good shape. the front upper mount has been trashed for quite a while, its in numerous pieces.
the front mount isnt...
im trying to get rid of some vibrations and want a new prop since mine is beat and im looking for some help. on iboats its only offered in 9", 10" and 11" pitch. im hoping someone here can eyeball it and give me a good answer on the pitch.
its on a 1976 evinrude 25 hp.
the smaller pitched...
i noticed that after letting the boat sit for almost 2 weeks that it had dripped a few drops of gear lube out of the exhaust port.
previously when i checked/changed the lower unit fluid it had gotten water in it, since i didnt have new seals for the plugs i used silicon which worked. the drip...
hey there. i have a 76 evinrude 25 hp, model 25602e duct taped to my lil 83' indian river boat mfg fiberglass flatbottom.
skippin a long story, it ran great when i got it. it had recently been on consignment at a store/shop before i bought it. they claimed to have replaced a coil, adjusted...
