Questions on Evinrude 60hp

I ordered a new water pump kit for this motor and it came with some stuff for the thermostat. I have no idea what this thing is for, so I removed the cover and nothing was in there. Is this correct and should I fix this?

Also, where my tell tale hose starts there is two hoses. One is the tell tale hose that goes to the back and the other I have no idea but it looks like it ran to the front. This hose has been cut and plugged. What is this hose and do I need it?

Also, the oiler has been disconnected and I now have to mix the oil. For best performance, should I reconnect the oiler and quit mixing.

Is there any other maintenance that should be considered before I take her out?

This motor is a 1992 TE60TLENE

(Excuse my illiterate terminology. This is my first motor project.)

Re: Questions on Evinrude 60hp

i reccomend keeping the pre mix pump, on my 120 v4 looper the tell tale looks like it's connected to a bigger tube that sits at the bottom of the motor to suck out water/gas if it gets down there. you might look up your motor on evinrude.com and look at the blow ups. good luck.

Re: Questions on Evinrude 60hp

The plugged hose on the tell tale was probably for a water pressure gauge. Stay with the premix fuel. Does you mtr have a thermostat in it now or what ??

Re: Questions on Evinrude 60hp

boobie said:

The plugged hose on the tell tale was probably for a water pressure gauge. Stay with the premix fuel. Does you mtr have a thermostat in it now or what ??

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No I dont think it does. I pulled the cover off an there wasnt a spring in there. It was empty.

Re: Questions on Evinrude 60hp

Get all the thermostat parts required and install them as the mtr needs them to run properly.