Evinrude Sportsman, 2HP, 1947 spark wire

kwp38burl

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I am working on a father/son project: rebuilding an old Evinrude Sportsman 4416-13566. I did have spark until the brittle 62-year old spark cable snapped in half. The coil/magneto has what looks to be a solder point for the wire on the exterior of the jacket. Now; I can attempt to fuse a new wire to what is left from the coil (about 3? of OK wire), or install a whole new wire to the solder point on the coil/magneto. Has anybody had experience with this repair? I do not want to screw-up a working magneto.

Also, does anybody know what spark plug model, number and gap I should have.....being optimistic that I can fix the wire problem.

Thanks, Ken
 

F_R

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Re: Evinrude Sportsman, 2HP, 1947 spark wire

Replace the whole wire. If you do not know how to solder, get somebody to help you with that. This is no place to learn.
 
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