I'ld better lay it out in order........<br /><br />Shot my mouth off about "A good idea to rebuild something old for reliability and working knowledge"<br />A friend called my bluff and gave me this motor.<br />(He had bought it "sight unseen" and, horrified at it's sheer size, relagated it to...
I am attempting rebirth of a 1961 V4 starflight 75hp Evinrude. Located in the , comparitively, resource poor wastes of Australia. The discovery of this forum lends me much heart. Could one of you advise me as to the correct torque for the head bolts. How critical is the condition of the head...
The motor starts and runs for a while. When I got it it had wrecked threads on the sparkplugs on one side.( I had an inserts put in.) After running there is water in the lower cylinder on one side and a gurgling sound from the air inlet when the motor stops. I have had the head gasket off and it...
