CountryRN
Twelve Pointer
I have been rightly accused of having too many toys and projects, but this is the latest completed toy/project and I am pretty happy to have it up and running.
I got this 1966 Evinrude 9.5hp outboard from an older man at church. He said if I could get it going, I could have it cheep, and then handed the original sales paperwork and owners books over with it. He put it away in his garage 15 years ago after it stopped running for him. He had a few people work on the carb but no luck.
I cleaned the carb and made one small tweak to the arm that holds the float. It started right up and hums like a sewing machine. I changed the impeller, cut some new gaskets to replace the old dried ones, replaced the seals in the gearcase, and filled it up with some fresh gear lube.
I took it to the lake this morning for a trial run. She cold cranks on the first pull and pushes my little 12 foot shallow water fishing machine at 18mph. Not too bad for a motor that hasn't pushed a boat in over 15 years.
Needless to say, I am happy, happy, happy.
I got this 1966 Evinrude 9.5hp outboard from an older man at church. He said if I could get it going, I could have it cheep, and then handed the original sales paperwork and owners books over with it. He put it away in his garage 15 years ago after it stopped running for him. He had a few people work on the carb but no luck.
I cleaned the carb and made one small tweak to the arm that holds the float. It started right up and hums like a sewing machine. I changed the impeller, cut some new gaskets to replace the old dried ones, replaced the seals in the gearcase, and filled it up with some fresh gear lube.
I took it to the lake this morning for a trial run. She cold cranks on the first pull and pushes my little 12 foot shallow water fishing machine at 18mph. Not too bad for a motor that hasn't pushed a boat in over 15 years.
Needless to say, I am happy, happy, happy.