Re: Old evinrude 7.5 fleetwin
Hi NitroBoy,<br /> Your 1955 Fleetwin is a good little motor. The water intake is through a screen in the rear of the lower unit, on the leading face of the exhaust outlet.<br /> Most of the water exits through the exhaust, but some will come out the exhaust relief hole, about midway up the rear of the leg of the motor. You should have a good solid spray, like a faucet without an aerator.<br /> Make sure you run that motor at 25:1 on the fuel/oil mix. I just rebuilt a similar motor with a new block due to the old block having been "ventilated" by flying connecting rod chunks - caused by running it at 50:1.<br /> As for worth, I recently picked up a complete one in need of a tune-up for $75.00. Evinrude built a lot of them - the serial number portion of yours being over 39,000. Let me know if you need any parts for it, as I have some leftover odds and ends from my recent project...<br />- Scott