Reply To: 1957 Evinrude Big Twin 35 hp exhaust leg drain

[Buccaneer]

Mumbles wrote:

Something probably fell in there and is lodged in tight now. There isn’t much room to start with and I use a drill bit with an extension welded on it to clean these areas out. When it’s filled to the top with crud, it’s like drilling thru concrete. The 9.9/15’s are the worst ones as the drain is in the front and when it plugs up, salt water corrosion splits the case and a big chunk falls off the side.

I’d love to get that piece of metal out in “one piece” to see if I could ID it,
but I would not count on it.

My dad use to have a drill bit extender……. basically a rod with a coupler on the
end with a set-screw…….. that’s an idea, or I could try welding up something.
I’ve unplugged a couple of those drain holes…… cement-like for sure!

Prepare to be boarded!