1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

[Olias]

Greetings one and all. I'm brand new to iBoats and wanted to introduce myself as I have a ton of questions. Yes, I have read as many threads as possible relating to most of the issues I'm dealing first but am still unclear on some of them. Anyway...my name is Bryan, I'm 57 yrs. old and just recently bought a 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10 HP model-10020 Outboard. Got it for $50.00 along with 2 6 gallon tanks and hose. Thought it would be a great summer project. I am not the greatest mechanic, have never worked on or owned an OBM, but have been working on my own cars and trucks for over 30 years and have gotten pretty good at it. I love tearing things apart and figuring out how they run and I figured there could only be so much to this little 2 stroke motor. Right? Uh....guess I'll find out. Okay, sorry for the boring intro, onto question #1....

Disclaimer: Since I'm brand new to all this I may not always use the proper terminology for some of the parts but will do my best. Please feel free to correct me and inform me as needed.

Throttle/Tiller handle
Okay, mine was missing the white block (part #0303282) that the spring goes up against. Got that now but no matter what order I put things together the gear shaft pushes away from the motor now. Does that make sense? It can't be right because this means in order to keep any throttle control on the motor you constantly have to be pushing in on the tiller handle and if you let go that means it disengages and if you need to slow down or speed up you can't. I have studied the diagram as best I can on MarineEngine.com and I don't see any other way for it to go. It would actually make more sense in my mind if the spring would go between the white "block" and the outer grip so you would actually pull out/away from the motor compressing the spring so that when you let go the gear shaft would be forced back toward the motor. But I've tried and can't get the assembly back together doing it that way. Also according to the diagram the spring should be on the opposite side of the block towards the motor. Hope I'm describing this well enough so you have a clear enough picture to help out. Can someone please help me out and advise what order stuff goes in and if I'm possibly missing some other key part(s)? Basically in this order this is what I have.....

Pistol grip to white block (with little wings that apparently fit into the indentations on the handle) to spring to metal washer. The metal washer is just after the little "groove pin" that crosses through the gear shaft. See attached pic.

Thanks very much for any help.

 

[oldcatamount]

Re: 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

I can't see your pictures but from your description, I think the washer is in the wrong place. You need to split the tiller arm, and put the washer on the throttle rod. The washers job is to prevent the throttle rod from moving. Put the tiller arm back together. The spring goes in first, then the white nylon stopper, then the twist grip. Inside the twist grip, on the bottom, is a "D" shaped, molded receptacle that corresponds with the "D" shaped end of the throttle rod. The purpose of the spring is to maintain resistance on the twist grip for smoothness of operation as well as a safety feature.

 

[nwcove]

Re: 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

http://www.leeroysramblings.com/johnson_QD.htm

the link doesnt cover the tiller assembly, but its a good read, and worth book marking!

 

[Olias]

Re: 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

I can't see your pictures but from your description, I think the washer is in the wrong place. You need to split the tiller arm, and put the washer on the throttle rod. The washers job is to prevent the throttle rod from moving. Put the tiller arm back together. The spring goes in first, then the white nylon stopper, then the twist grip. Inside the twist grip, on the bottom, is a "D" shaped, molded receptacle that corresponds with the "D" shaped end of the throttle rod. The purpose of the spring is to maintain resistance on the twist grip for smoothness of operation as well as a safety feature.

Ok, I'll give another look see and see if I have stuff in the order you mentioned. Thanks for the reply! Oh, BTW...when you say that you "can't see my picture" that it's too small for your eyes or that you literally don't see the pic I posted? I can see it on my computer in my post. It's a direct link to my Photobucket account where the pic is stored. I swore that's how the instructions for this forum said to do it. If not, can someone please instruct me on the best or proper way to post pics. Thanks

-B-

 

[Don Hansen]

Re: 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

Did you have the grooved pin out or maybe someone else did. Looks to me like washer is on the wrong side of the pin. The pin and washer go on the motor side of that inside flange molded into the handle, just to the right of the washer as it's now in your picture. The pin being closer to the motor. That way the pin will ride, with a little grease, on the washer holding the shaft and gear in place. The spring and block remain where they are on the grip side of that flange providing friction.

Look at the wear marks to see if that's the case.

DLH

 

[Don Hansen]

Re: 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

On second look oldcatamount is right. All the parts do remain on the grip side of that flange I mentioned. But the washer is on the wrong side of the split pin. With the washer on the grip side of the pin, the spring will push against the white block thus pushing back against the washer/pin and pushing the shaft and gear towards the motor.

DLH

 

[oldcatamount]

Re: 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

I can't see the pictures because I'm using my IPhone and the pix are big.

 

[Olias]

Re: 1960 Evinrude Sportwin 10HP questions.

On second look oldcatamount is right. All the parts do remain on the grip side of that flange I mentioned. But the washer is on the wrong side of the split pin. With the washer on the grip side of the pin, the spring will push against the white block thus pushing back against the washer/pin and pushing the shaft and gear towards the motor.

DLH

I was hoping you would say that because before reading your reply I removed the groove pin and moved the washer to the other side (towards the grip) and all seems to be working fine now. :joyous: The only way that washer can get to the other side of the groove pin is for someone to have removed the pin and move that washer. Between that and some other things I'm seeing I'm realizing that the guy I bought this from told me a bunch of hoowie. No wonder he sold it so cheap. Oh well, live and learn.

Okay....I have some other questions as well. Is it better for me to start a new thread for each specific area so that it's easier for folks to find via searches or am I supposed to continue asking them in this thread? Thanks for your help Don and Oldcatamount. Much appreciated.

-B-