tosoutherncars
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2011
- Messages
- 116
Hi all,
Well, I bought my first boat this fall (1980s Cobia SS200, 19' centre console with a 1992 Evinrude 120, power tilt and trim on a jack plate). Only ran it once; lots of power, needs the carbs cleaned. Don't think it'll happen before spring!
I wanted a kicker, both for trolling and as a backup for the main motor. I was hoping for a 90s Evinrude in white, just so it matched the 120. But I'm cheap, and handy, so when I saw an 18 HP Fastwin advertised locally for $100, I went to have a look.
It was seized; the fellah told me he had been given the motor by a friend, and had seen it running, but that it had been sitting for a while. He had had it *almost* starting, and expected that the coils were probably bad.
I talked him down to $90 (with a NOS spare prop!) and brought it home assuming the worst; cracked head, melted pistons etc. Hey, worst case scenario, I part it out and make my money back!
Here's what it looked like this morning; looks like all original paint to me. Pretty clean under the hood, and the lower unit is very tidy. (I'll refinish and repaint the hood when I'm done with the mechanics.)
Thought about getting / building a stand... then remembered that I had a couple of those hinged sawhorse frames. A short length of 2x8 and some cross-bracing, and voila - outboard stand.
Took off the starter rope assembly, and went to my local car parts store. They have a "Loan a Tool" program, so I borrowed their harmonic balancer puller. Grabbed some extra 3" 1/4"-20 screws (since all the screws in the kit were larger and/or bent).
Bolted it all up, put a 19mm lug wrench on the puller, and hauled. *POP* Yay, step one done.
- Duncan
Well, I bought my first boat this fall (1980s Cobia SS200, 19' centre console with a 1992 Evinrude 120, power tilt and trim on a jack plate). Only ran it once; lots of power, needs the carbs cleaned. Don't think it'll happen before spring!
I wanted a kicker, both for trolling and as a backup for the main motor. I was hoping for a 90s Evinrude in white, just so it matched the 120. But I'm cheap, and handy, so when I saw an 18 HP Fastwin advertised locally for $100, I went to have a look.
It was seized; the fellah told me he had been given the motor by a friend, and had seen it running, but that it had been sitting for a while. He had had it *almost* starting, and expected that the coils were probably bad.
I talked him down to $90 (with a NOS spare prop!) and brought it home assuming the worst; cracked head, melted pistons etc. Hey, worst case scenario, I part it out and make my money back!
Here's what it looked like this morning; looks like all original paint to me. Pretty clean under the hood, and the lower unit is very tidy. (I'll refinish and repaint the hood when I'm done with the mechanics.)
Thought about getting / building a stand... then remembered that I had a couple of those hinged sawhorse frames. A short length of 2x8 and some cross-bracing, and voila - outboard stand.
Took off the starter rope assembly, and went to my local car parts store. They have a "Loan a Tool" program, so I borrowed their harmonic balancer puller. Grabbed some extra 3" 1/4"-20 screws (since all the screws in the kit were larger and/or bent).
Bolted it all up, put a 19mm lug wrench on the puller, and hauled. *POP* Yay, step one done.
- Duncan
