Lucky guy gets a 1966 Evinrude 80 free!

[chestypuller]

package came in for new magneto unit, gonna go pick it up tomarrow.

 

[chestypuller]

got lots of spark! woo hoo.. now i need to figure out how to set the timing of the distributer to crank now that i reinstalled the distributer.

did a compression test and its only about 80 psi per cylinder. dry.

 

[chestypuller]

i wanted to mention that these plug wires screw into the dist cap, the ebay seller thought they pulled out and tore one out.. no biggie i can recrimp it onto the bolt type end, but just wanted to let others know so they dont do the same thing.

 

[chestypuller]

got it to fire up, wouldnt run much have carb off now to clean it out, its really dirty!

 

[Chris1956]

Your compression is pretty typical, as they are all 80 - 90 PSI. As long as all cylinders are within 15% of each other, the compression is fine.