Reply To: Evinrude 1955 Fastwin throttle sync problem

[bob-d]

Labrador guy ……nice motor. I can appreciate all of the work that it takes to get one to look like that.
My problem was once the roller fell off the brass cam plate, I couldn’t get it to return in the opposite direction. What was happening was that the adjustment on the cam plate was so far out the roller would get hung up on the return.
Once I adjusted it back towards the flywheel, all was good. Rookie mistake.
Started it for the first time probably in 40 years on Sunday. It ran well but had a small water leak around the exhaust gasket plate. Those were the only gaskets I didn’t replace in the overhaul because the small 10-24 crews always break off in the head……… Well I was right, out of the 9 was able to get 4 out and 5 broke off. Tried welding a nut on to the studs left by the broken screw head, but they were so frozen in the block it just snapped the balance of the screw closer to the head. I’m now going to drill them out and put in Time- Serts.
Bob D