EVINRUDE TIMING/LINKAGE ?

[DPSchmidt]

I swear I just posted this but I do not see it...<br /><br />anyway..<br /><br />I have 1978 85hp Evinrude...<br /><br />I cannot get the linkage set correct for the timing linkage/carblinkage...<br /><br />I have not idle I have good mid range and top end.<br /><br />The only way I can get it to idle it to pull up on the high idle lever.<br /><br />The screw for the idle adjustment does not reach the block it set about 1/4" away from it...<br /><br />I do have a factory manual and now I am confused as to why....<br /><br />Thanks

 

[Hooty]

Re: EVINRUDE TIMING/LINKAGE ?

I saw your post awhile ago but with another subject and name.<br />Use your manual and do a link & sync. If you've never done one before, reading about it may sound a little confusing but after you get into it and see what you're trying to make happen, it all makes sense.<br /><br />c/6<br /><br />Hooty

 

[badasselectric]

Re: EVINRUDE TIMING/LINKAGE ?

Are you dsconnecting the throttle cable as step #1 in your sync and link?

 

[DPSchmidt]

Re: EVINRUDE TIMING/LINKAGE ?

No it does not say that....<br /><br />But I do see what you are getting at....

 

[DPSchmidt]

Re: EVINRUDE TIMING/LINKAGE ?

Got it....<br /><br />The key was removing the throttle cable then adjusting it to everything else.<br /><br />Thanks...

 

[badasselectric]

Re: EVINRUDE TIMING/LINKAGE ?

Congrats. Now on to things we like to try to figure out like, what the fish are biting on!