1957evinrude
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2009
- Messages
- 97
a neighbor gave me an outboard, this is what it says golden jet on the side, solid state in the front with 7.0 horsepower next to it the model number is 1717 the ser number is 551638. ok heres the deal i went to start it and it ran but was drowning it self. so i took the cover off and i know the motors a little old but the paint on the block and everything looked fine. i took the carb off to clean it up thinking from sitting that it would be very dirty and i was amazed when i took the bowl off it there was not one spot in it, it looks like someone bought it and just put it in a garage or somehting and never ran it. everything it loose neele and all. so i put it together and turned the fuel cut off on and let it fill up. then i turned off the fuel cut off and started it, it ran untill it was running out of gas so i opened it and it kept going but then it drowns its self i dont understand why its doing this i hooked the gasline up with the bowl off and and held the float up and fuel kept coming thru, but the rubber head on the needle new like the rest off it any help would be appreciated.
