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    Evinrude Steering Frozen

    Getting ready for the season and the steering is froze solid. The piston at the engine end of the steering cable is frozen solid. I mean REALLY frozen. Tried about everything except heat. Is it possible to heat the rod a bit away from the engine to maybe free it. I don't want heat near the...
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    '78 Rude Prop and thanks

    Thanks to any that responded to my earlier ( week or so back ) about my '78 Evinrude power pack problems. I managed to get it running really great. Next problem!! I replaced the beat up 10.5x11 prop with a new Michigan 10.25x11. The customer service at Deep Blue Yacht Supp. said the slightly...
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    78 Evinrude Change Coil

    78 35HP Evinrude - No spark - Following the testing procedures in the Clymer manual and got as far as the charge coil output test. FAILED! Step 6 says "replace the charge coil" BUT it appears to me stator, charge coil, ac coils, etc. are molded together with the stator. I'm getting depressed...
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    78 Evinrude Power Pack Test

    Top cylinder no spark, bottom OK. Thought it was the coil. Unplugged the connection between the power pack and coils, inserted a lead into the plug going to the bad cylinder and hooked up a volt meter set on 100 volts. Hit the key and NADA. Switched to the good cylinder and the volt meter...
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    Spark plug gap on 1978 35HP Evinrude

    My "Clymer" shop manual specifies Champion QL77JC4 with a gap of .040. The Champion book, several other sources and a few experts I have talked to state .030. In fact all sources I can find BUT Clymer indicate .030 for virtually all smaller Evinrudes. Clymer indicates .040 for quite a few. Do...
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    Antique Evinrude

    Bro-In-Law gave me an OLD outboard he thinks is a 30s-40s Evinrude. The only ID on it is a small metal tag with two rows of numbers; 626 64 and 3658921 It's single cyl., air cooled. I have pictures if anyone is interested. It has good compression but no spark, probably the coil. It's probably...
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