Trying to resurrect an old '58 Evinrude 35HP that appears to be in pretty good shape. I've put a new water pump impeller on it, drained and changed the lower unit oil, and am now trying to rebuild the carb. Unfortunately, even after removing every screw in contact with the air silencer unit, I can't get it off of the carb. Actually that's not true; it's off the carb, but it won't come out of the lower housing. There doesn't seem to be enough clearance below for the lower mounting arm on the silencer to clear the top of the lower housing.
This doesn't seem like it ought to be this difficult, which leads me to believe I'm doing something wrong. Am I supposed to unbolt the carb with the silencer still attached and remove the whole setup? That would be a neat trick, since the nuts holding the carb to the power head are nearly impossible to reach...
This doesn't seem like it ought to be this difficult, which leads me to believe I'm doing something wrong. Am I supposed to unbolt the carb with the silencer still attached and remove the whole setup? That would be a neat trick, since the nuts holding the carb to the power head are nearly impossible to reach...