Re: 1970 85 H.P. evinrude
for some reason my m8ts 90hp does the same thing , i always have too turn the butterfly just a wee bit by hand to get fuel to the reed valves , so ive adjusted the cam on the butterfly to pick up with the trigger just a wee , wee little bit , being such an old motor there is wear in certain parts , so i had to compensate other adjustments to get it to start with a touch of the key . hes happy as
main things for starting ,vacuum , fuel , air , spark timing & spark if you have all that , then you get vroom , vroom .... cheers