Vintage Evinrude id?

[CN Spots]

Fella gave me this motor as payment for a carb rebuild on a Merc. I suspect it's a frankenmotor... lower unit is brown like a Ducktwin and the top is silver/blueish-green like a lightwin. It needs some parts but I can't put a positive id on it. I suspect mid-fifties 3 horse. Tag reads as follows: 4425- 00599C

Can someone put a year and hp rating on this thing for me? Thanks!

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[ezeke]

Re: Vintage Evinrude id?

That's a 1.5 HP Evinrude 1948-1951

 

[tmcalavy]

Re: Vintage Evinrude id?

Yup a '48 Sportsman 1.5 hp. Nice little motors. It takes a Champion J6J or J6C plug, gapped at .030, with point gap of .020. Recommended fuel mix back in the day was 1/3 pint of oil per gallon of gas. Post a pix if you can.

 

[JB]

Re: Vintage Evinrude id?

24:1 is a safe mix using TC-W3 oil. That is 1 quart per 6 gallons, or 1/3 pint per gallon.

 

[CN Spots]

Re: Vintage Evinrude id?

Great info as always gentlemen. Thanks!

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[CN Spots]

Re: Vintage Evinrude id?

I got it started last weekend & ran it for about 5 minutes in the bucket! Purred like a kitten! Rebuilt the carb and cleaned up the electrical gizmos and reset the points, new plug blah, blah, blah.

Thanks again for the help guys!

...now if I can just find a lower shroud...


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[CATransplant]

Re: Vintage Evinrude id?

Head over to www.aomci.org and post your want of a lower shroud in the free classifieds. Betcha find one right away, and you can take your little eggbeater out and wow the crowds.