Hi all just when I get this frankenrude running well it seems to give me more trouble, 57 evinrude 35 power head on a 56 30 hp leg and hood we were cruising on the river around half throttle maybe a little less and it runs great but every once in a while it acts like it's hitting something the...
Hi all just when I get this frankenrude running well it seems to give me more trouble, 57 evinrude 35 power head on a 56 30 hp leg and hood we cruising on the river around half throttle maybe a little less and it runs great but every once in a while it acts like it's hitting something the motor...
Hello all, I had a customer come in with a hydralocked 2008 mercury 9.9 four stroke kicker. Thing will just not start up again he got the water out of it a day after it happened left it in reverse while under way and down in the water. Put new plugs in it and it has spark not really great spark...
1957 evinrude/Johnson 35hp I've been having issues with ( lean sneezes) lately turned out I dropped a cylinder. Ordered coils and wires since it was getting fuel and running 120 psi compression on both cylinders. It was the lower cylinder I pulled the flywheel off and it was getting rubbed by...
My grandpa asked me to fix the recoil on his ourboard the spring was wrecked so I cut it and relooped it and that works great this thing hasn't been ran in fifteen years so I told him it'd be wise to do a major tune up. The fuel line from the tank and the coupler are shot. So I'm just converting...
This may be a dumb question but I've been looking for hours online. Was there a power tilt/trim setup for the 1957 Johnson 35 horse? If so I assume it's rare and hard to find
So a friend of mine brought his 57 Johnson 5.5 over due to it overheating and not pumping water. I pulled the head replaced the head seal after checking for warp and looking the tops of the pistons over. Replaced the exhaust gasket after cleaning the crap out of the old carbon deposits in it...
Hello again just a quick question I found a Parts motor for my 88 Mercury 25hp it needs a new crankshaft connecting rod and a piston, the motor I found is $150 1981 Mercury 25hp that still runsish... are they compatibile??
So I bought this cheap 56 Johnson 30hp rd-18 wound up being 57 evinrude 35hp rd-19 the guy said it started easy needed a water pump he only ran it for less than a minute. Anyway I picked it up for little to nothing. I had trouble starting it had put a little gas in the cylinder and mess with the...
Hi there, so I was searching for a different motor since my Mercury died on me. And came across a 56 Johnson 30 hp Rd-18. It's tough to start but does start with some persuasion a little squirt of gas into the carb so I figured it probably needs to be cleaned and rebuilt while inspecting the...
Hi I'm new here and have been searching forums for a few days and thought It would be helpful to sign up. Here's my dilemma... About a month ago I got a free boat, 89 alumacraft lunker v14ltd with a Mercury 25hp, when I got the boat it hadn't been on the water for many years, so I did the tune...
