1959 Big Twin 35HP started without water hookup

[Lee Bacon]

I am looking for all the Evinrude experts to give me there opinion on this one. Okay, in an effort to get the shift lever unstuck I thought rotating the flywheel would work, its has in the past. I pulled the recoil starter and expected it to unstick, much to my surprise the engine fired up like never before. It usually took three hard pulls and the choke, Now I pulled the choke to kill it but the throttle was opened up all the way and the motor was screaming....! I Kept pulling the choke/in out, but did not work, I finally pulled the gas line and it killed it but only after I had spent more than a minute trying to panic to stop it. I let it cool and it started back up (this time on low idle and with water) Does anyone know how to check to see if I did any long term damage. I would say it ran for 1 min-90 seconds on max open throttle. Should I automatically replace pump or other parts.

 

[Walker]

Re: 1959 Big Twin 35HP started without water hookup

Should I automatically replace pump

You bet.

 

[Lee Bacon]

Re: 1959 Big Twin 35HP started without water hookup

Originally posted by Walker:<br />

Should I automatically replace pump

You bet.

Thanks, anything else you recommend.

 

[MCM]

Re: 1959 Big Twin 35HP started without water hookup

Hi, Lee<br /><br />Start with the pump, then take it from there.<br /><br />Good Luck,<br />Mike

 

[lark2004]

Re: 1959 Big Twin 35HP started without water hookup

your neutral lockout isn't working properly either. The recoil stater shouldn't be able to turn if the engine is in gear. Further, there should be another linkage from the cam that times the throttle to the timing plate, that should also lock the recoil starter.<br /><br />You may also want to hook up a kill switch on the motor, you just need to be able to short out the two black wires that come from under the timing plate. This will kill the ignition by gounding out the whole system.

 

[CATransplant]

Re: 1959 Big Twin 35HP started without water hookup

Couple of things. The shifter won't move if the throttle is wide open on that engine. It's not stuck. That's a safety feature that's built into the engine. You should always move the throttle to idle position before shifting under any circumstances.<br /><br />Second, using the rope start to turn over the engine isn't really safe when you're working on it, unless you remove the spark plug wires from the plugs.<br /><br />As for what happened, yes, you'll probably need to replace the impeller. Once you do that, try starting the engine. If it runs OK, you'll probably get away with this...this time.