I recently bought a 1959 Evinrude to power my old boat. The condition when I got it was quite sad. As far as I know it spent most of its life in storage. The motor had a horribly repainted bread box style cover/cowl; the lower unit had been painted a pale sky blue at some point. Who ever did...
Anyone have a trusted source for quality water pump impellers? I recently ordered one offline for my 1959 18hp under a Sierra number but what I recieved was unbranded and likely chinese rubbish. The end result was the impeller failed while still testing the motor in a barrel. A little...
I have a 1959 18 hp motor with the bread box style cowling. Beisdes the adjustment needle positions being all wrong is it possible to install the earlier cowling onto the later motors?
In my case it is not purely for aesthetics the bread box creates problems by bumping into the well on my...
Rebuilding the lower unit of a 1958/59 Evinrude 18hp. I have run into trouble with the seal right behind the prop. It looks to be a standard metal clad seal but there is no way to access it. The large copper bushing is hopelessly stuck or was a press fit item. There is no removable cap on the...
