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I have a 1965 60HP Johnson Seahorse (Model VXL-11C). My carburetor has high-speed adjustment needle valves. One of the two high-speed orifices (jets) was stuck and damaged and cannot be drilled out. (broke off an easy out in the orifice!). The other orifice came out very easily.
I will not...
I am working to reassemble my lower unit from my Evinrude outboard. The service manual says to replace the locking stud nuts. Most online parts stores want ~$5 for each nut. This is OMC PN 307160.
Is there anything special about these nuts?
Can I just purchase replacement lock nuts from a...
I have a 1960s 75hp Evinrude lower unit with a broken drive shaft at the upper splines. How do I remove the drive shaft from the bearing that sits directly below the water pump. Can this be driven out?...from "top to bottom" or "bottom to top". I want to make sure this can be done without...
