hello all! My first time posting on this forum! I recently purchased a 1975 Evinrude 115 for a project boat im working on. You can tell a lot of work has been done to this motor, new spark plugs, wires, electrical stuff etc. So I was hoping she'd start right up for me. However when I stuck a bucket underneath her and gave her a crank I didnt get a whole hell of a lot 
. Heres my best description of what DID happen. The starter engaged good and spun the fly wheel, but the motor didnt turn over. I fiddled with the choke and some other things and got it to catch for a second or 2 before it died (actually it died when i stopped cranking the starter) So i fiddled with some more things (took the pulgs out, tightened them back up, stuff like that) and tried again, Same thing, but now sometimes the starter wouldnt turn the fly wheel all that good. So i scratched my head for a little bit and tried again. Now the starter doesnt turn the flywheel at all, just sits there and buzzez like it doesnt have the umph to turn the wheel. Also the lead wire at the terminal starts to get hot and smoke. This is where I called it quits before I ruined something.
the story behind the motor goes like this: The kid I bought it from got it from a woman who's husband passed away. Her husband worked for the airforce and rebuilt outboards on the side. So the kid helped out the woman and in return she said he could help himself to a motor in the basement because he had a 14ft boat in need of a motor. So he took this motor (unknowing that it was waaaaaaaaaay to big for his boat ) and then put it on craigs list. He said that this motor was all put back together where many others in the basement were works in progress before the airforce mechanic passed away. He told me the woman said the motor ran fine for her husband, but the kid never had a chance to test it himself and was unsure if it started (which is why i only paid 475 for it). So with alllllllll that said.......... anyone have any ideas before I bring it to the local marina to have it checked out?
any info would be great! thanks in advance
. Heres my best description of what DID happen. The starter engaged good and spun the fly wheel, but the motor didnt turn over. I fiddled with the choke and some other things and got it to catch for a second or 2 before it died (actually it died when i stopped cranking the starter) So i fiddled with some more things (took the pulgs out, tightened them back up, stuff like that) and tried again, Same thing, but now sometimes the starter wouldnt turn the fly wheel all that good. So i scratched my head for a little bit and tried again. Now the starter doesnt turn the flywheel at all, just sits there and buzzez like it doesnt have the umph to turn the wheel. Also the lead wire at the terminal starts to get hot and smoke. This is where I called it quits before I ruined something.the story behind the motor goes like this: The kid I bought it from got it from a woman who's husband passed away. Her husband worked for the airforce and rebuilt outboards on the side. So the kid helped out the woman and in return she said he could help himself to a motor in the basement because he had a 14ft boat in need of a motor. So he took this motor (unknowing that it was waaaaaaaaaay to big for his boat
) and then put it on craigs list. He said that this motor was all put back together where many others in the basement were works in progress before the airforce mechanic passed away. He told me the woman said the motor ran fine for her husband, but the kid never had a chance to test it himself and was unsure if it started (which is why i only paid 475 for it). So with alllllllll that said.......... anyone have any ideas before I bring it to the local marina to have it checked out?any info would be great! thanks in advance
