Reply To: 1966 evinrude 9.5

[Geer Pyron]

Okay!
Found the problem!
Lord, I ought to be asleep already, but I couldn’t put that damn motor down!
The block I used was one that I had repaired. Of the two, the welder guy, who was referred to me by a club member I trust, said one would be easier to fix than the other. I had it fixed.
But not.
There was a hole between the water jacket around lower cylinder and the exhaust area. That was what he welded up. But didn’t, or rather the weld didn’t stick.
He told me that it was difficult. That corrosion works its way through pores in the aluminum or some such.
Taking the whole power head apart showed some god aweful mess in there.
Boo-hoo! All my cleaning and scrubbing all for naught!
But, the second block, a 9922m as opposed to the shot 9922s was fixable. Well I did anyway.
Ha!
I got the choreography down!
By no means well qualified, just practice. Trying to remember to remove both auto pilot screws, or having a long magnetized rod within reach!
Ha!
I’m new here, but when I get handy with these posts, where to put them and how to label them for quick finding I’ll write a more detailed and fun discription of the ordeal. No, not ordeal, experience. Ordeals are bad, this was fun.
I’m finally getting beyond merely “transcribing Arabic”!
Geer

JMGP