Mercury gas tank for an Evinrude motor?

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sucena

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I have been given a 6HP 6504RC (1975 I think???) Evinrude. Can I adapt a mercury gas tank to work with this motor? Is it as simple as changing the motor fitting on the gas can?
 
jbjennings

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Re: Mercury gas tank for an Evinrude motor?

Sure, just put a merc male tank fitting on a fuel line with a female OMC fitting for the motor. I actually like that setup for the winter because I think the merc fuel line fittings are less likely to break due to brittleness in low temps.
 
1946Zephyr

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Re: Mercury gas tank for an Evinrude motor?

Yep, it'll work. All you have to do is change the fitting on the fuel line that connects to the motor. I have seen mechanics who have one fuel tank with a three way connector. One line goes to a Merc, one to OMC and the other goes to a Chrysler. Pretty cool huh? Motors with fuel pumps are easily adaptible with each other.
 
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