68 evinrude 18hp, painting a motor, came out pretty good :joyous:

[dkonrai]

bought this a parts motor. she has electric start. well it seems that the parts motor runs really well after some carb work and some oil in the cylinders. when i first looked at the motor, compression was 60/70. tested compression again and it went to 80/80. told the owner it was toast..
brought it home, stuck some 2 stroke oil in the slugs, gave her a few rolls. then fired her up. well it ran, but wouldnt idel. let her warm up a bit, then checked the compression. it was 120/120 so now i have i dont have a parts motor, but another project. carb needed a needle bearing and needle bushing. now it runs great! problem was the lower unit looked a little ugly / faded / bad bondo job on a repair.
so a little scotch brite work, some wet sanding. lower unit was primed, then painted, then clear coated. i used omc aluminum primer (kind of a green color) duplicolor fill in primer, duplicolor medium metallic blue (not correct but close) then dupilcolor motor clear coat.
it actually came out pretty good considering it is a rattle can job. motor is already sold, i just wanted to clean her up for the new owner. yes new ignition and reseal kit as well.




i buffed the lower name plate and gave it a few shots of clear. the top plate is still original.





you can see the color is a little off


motor compartment was really clean

 

[dkonrai]

Re: 68 evinrude 18hp, painting a motor, came out pretty good :joyous:

just a shot of the difference between a 68 and 89.

dino

 

[kfa4303]

Re: 68 evinrude 18hp, painting a motor, came out pretty good :joyous:

sweet. It turned out great. did you take everything apart, or just paint it assembled? What brand/color pain did you use? It seems to match the original factory color nicely.

 

[dkonrai]

Re: 68 evinrude 18hp, painting a motor, came out pretty good :joyous:

sweet. It turned out great. did you take everything apart, or just paint it assembled? What brand/color pain did you use? It seems to match the original factory color nicely.

i painted everything assembled. the key is to degrease the motor completely. i taped off the original stickers.
duplicolor sandable fillable automotive primer.
duplicolor automotive paint light blue metallic BGM0539. a better match is the medium maui blue metallic BGM0423. duplicolor automotive engine clear to finish up.
hope this helps?
dino

 

[w2much]

Re: 68 evinrude 18hp, painting a motor, came out pretty good :joyous:

Looks great. What about the prop and shaft?

 

[dkonrai]

Re: 68 evinrude 18hp, painting a motor, came out pretty good :joyous:

prop i left o nature'al.. ahh it looks vintage might at least give it a white paint job and a quick sanding.

the shaft and gears are in the garage.






waiting for some stupid little seal behind the o ring on the shift shaft (my sierra kit had a seal, but the seal inside dia. was a little large) and the shift pin o ring or seal. then i can put it all back together and give it a fire. kind of looking forward to seeing how well a key start works. it pull starts really easy tho. besides the paint needs a week to cure so i wanted to paint it first, then order parts.

question,
i use 1/4 stainless allen head screws for the lower unit as i find the screws are really a pain in the buttocks. what are your thoughts?

dino