Hello, Im working on my father-in-laws 
1988 48HP Evinrude. He was complaining about it will not idle and is hard to start. So I remove the cover and the first think I notice is the black roller on the throttle linkage is not touching the timing advance, easy fix. So I hook up the (lake on a hose) and start it up to check the idle, as soon as its running I hear this clanging noise and shut it down. The noise sounds like the starter bindix is hitting the ringear. I checked the starter and no problem. So started it again and start looking for the source of the noise and where the timing advance stop is, I can push up on this and the noise stops. I'm going to pull the flywheel this afternoon. Does the timing advance plate have a bushing/bearing that could be worn? Does anyone have a suggestion on what to look for?<br /><br />PS--I called my father in law, he said he never heard the noise, but he wears two hearing aids.
1988 48HP Evinrude. He was complaining about it will not idle and is hard to start. So I remove the cover and the first think I notice is the black roller on the throttle linkage is not touching the timing advance, easy fix. So I hook up the (lake on a hose) and start it up to check the idle, as soon as its running I hear this clanging noise and shut it down. The noise sounds like the starter bindix is hitting the ringear. I checked the starter and no problem. So started it again and start looking for the source of the noise and where the timing advance stop is, I can push up on this and the noise stops. I'm going to pull the flywheel this afternoon. Does the timing advance plate have a bushing/bearing that could be worn? Does anyone have a suggestion on what to look for?<br /><br />PS--I called my father in law, he said he never heard the noise, but he wears two hearing aids.