Re: 1984 Evinrude 15 HP, newest motor I’ve ever owned

[Steve D]

Thanks guys…I knew these motors brought a few more bucks but I didn’t realize how much the parts sell for! But yeah, this one is too nice to bust up with no apparent power head or lower unit issues. If it was a 9.9 I might keep it myself since there are a couple lakes I fish in this area that have a 10 hp restriction. The seller told me the previous owner took the 15 hp sticker off the cover so he could do just that.

I’m going to keep the "weed/line cutter" on there for now just to see if it really works. I wasn’t happy seeing it on that nice ’58 classic though. I might start a separate thread on how to remove that without too much damage to the paint. I think I remember once using heat on a similar hardened mess, to soften it and then got a small screwdriver in it to start crumbling it away.