Re: 1957 Evinrude Big Twin 35hp HELP

[oldboat1]

think you might check to see if the bendix gear on the top of the starter is stuck in the ring gear on the motor. The solenoid clicking would indicate to me a low battery or wiring issue, but there might have been enough juice to move the bendix gear up into the flywheel (not enough to turn over the motor under compression). Maybe you have solved this by now. You would free up the starter gear and the flywheel by rocking the flywheel back and forth a little until the gear drops back on the starter shaft. Pull the plug wires off the plugs before doing this, just to be absolutely safe.

sorry to hear about the $$ spent.