I serviced the engine recently with helpful advice from Chinewalker and Paul M. <br /><br />New impeller and housing<br />Carburetor clean/rebuild<br />Plugs, wires,coils (left condensers and points)<br />New head gasket and cleaned passages<br />Cleaned and reassembled the fuel pump<br...
I'm doing some long overdue maintenance on the old family 1970 Evinrude Yachtwin 4HP (4036 or Johnson 4R70). I've undone the 4 bolts on the gearcase in order to check the water pump. The foot drops about 1/8" before the drive shaft stops with a metallic clunk. There's no shifter on this motor...