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Re: 1969 Evinrude 6hp Fisherman. Tough Starting.... will not idle.
Took the boat on the water finally after rebuilding the carb. (I also properly gapped the plugs). What a difference! That little 6hp tank of an engine ran beautifully. Even at slow idle and trolling it ran and sounded like I...
Re: 1969 Evinrude 6hp Fisherman. Tough Starting.... will not idle.
Here is a picture of what the coils looked like when I pulled the flywheel. And I still had spark on one cylinder.. :)
So my father in law gave me an old outboard he had sitting in his basement for the last 6 years. Nice of him! I put it on a barrel, hooked up the gas, (new tank and lines), and after 3 pulls it started up, but was obviously running rough.
Cleaned and rebuilt the carb to see if it would...
