7.5 gamefisher

[matt167]

My girlfriends father has one of these for his little boat. Never had it running. Spins with compression. I know it’s not a first choice in fact I have a good running evinrude 4hp to give him. But what should we do to get it going? I know it’s a techumseh 2 stroke power head. Will a 4hp plane a 12’ 1956 Cadillac boat?

 

[brim_buster]

Do you have the model# Theres a tag on the transom bracket. Ive owned a bunch. Good little motors but loud. Pushed my 12' no problem.

 

[matt167]

I don't. It's black, thinking 80's model. I didn't pay 'that' much attention to it when he asked as the Evinrude 4hp is a 2 pull starter. BUT 7.5 is more than 4 so there is that.. If we can get it going, it's worth trying. He bought the motor with a 6 gallon tank for like $60 at an auction

 

[brim_buster]

If its black its made by Force. 88-89 yr. the only year they made a 7.5hp I had a 7.5 and a 9.9. Easy motors to work on. Fairly simple. Can still find parts ran good.

 

[matt167]

I don’t think this one is a Force. It looks like the white one that Musti has on YouTube except it’s black. It’s air cooled and has a lawn mower type blower housing under the cover making me think it’s a techumseh engine and I think an Eska built ob

 

[brim_buster]

Got a pic?

 

[matt167]

217-586751 is the model

 

[brim_buster]

1984 one of the last ones made by eska

 

[matt167]

I had a couple minutes to glance at sears parts direct. And I’m seeing this motor as having points. So would a Nova II ignition module work to bypass them? I happen to have a few. I’ve never worked on a 2 stroke techumseh except an old Toro snowblower. I know I can file the points and change the condenser for a 80% chance it will get spark if the coil is good.