So I recently acquired an old evirude. Supposedly a 25hp. The transom tag would indicate a 73 25hp. However the cowling is definitely the 60s-71 cowl. Not the square style of a 73. The welch plug is jacked up and illegible. So either it's a 73 with earlier cowling. Or an earlier motor with a later transom bracket/plate?
This motor externally has been through alot. Signs it maybe fell off the boat going down the road. Skegs a little bent with road rash. The shifter is broken off, and the pull start assembly isn't from this outboard it's off a Johnson. The top cowling doesn't match the bottom paint wise. So I'm thinking the motor hit the road and busted up the cowling, pull start, and broke the shifter lever? Maybe in all that the transom bracket was damaged and swapped hence the wrong plate?
Anyway other than the plug and transom plate. Is there anywhere else on the motor that would have the info? Or some other tell that would clue me into if it really is a 25. Or an 18 with parts off a 25.
This motor externally has been through alot. Signs it maybe fell off the boat going down the road. Skegs a little bent with road rash. The shifter is broken off, and the pull start assembly isn't from this outboard it's off a Johnson. The top cowling doesn't match the bottom paint wise. So I'm thinking the motor hit the road and busted up the cowling, pull start, and broke the shifter lever? Maybe in all that the transom bracket was damaged and swapped hence the wrong plate?
Anyway other than the plug and transom plate. Is there anywhere else on the motor that would have the info? Or some other tell that would clue me into if it really is a 25. Or an 18 with parts off a 25.
