Re: I wont give up !!!!!!
The 7.5 Evinrude, nor any derivitive of it ever came with a fuel pump, so there aren't any intake covers with a boss cast into it that will fit your motor. The 7.5 was made in one form or another from 1949 to 1958, two years before fuel pumps made it onto the small OMCs.<br /><br />You'll have to close off one of the pressure holes in the reed plate so that your pressure pulse only feeds off of one cylinder. Having both holes open will only result in the pressure from one cylinder going back into the hole for the other cylinder. That's why your fuel pump wouldn't work when hooked up to the pressure feed fitting. JB-WELD should work to close off the hole. If you run a tap through the hole first, it'll give the JB Weld a better bite on the plate so it won't blow out.<br /><br />- Scott