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

[Buccaneer]

Dale wrote:

Buc all BS aside you can real easy ruin that gearcase! Don’t ask me how I know that. I hate that drain, the sand and small stones get in there and it makes cement or darn near cement. I have given up on a couple around here since my drill went a little to far to the side. Not a good thing!

dale

Maybe using my stiff wire in the drill other other motors was a good idea after all!
The wire didn’t cut as much as grind it’s way thru the grit slowly.

I wonder why OMC didn’t put the drain hole in the side of the gear case right
at the bottom of the cavity (where my mark is) instead of adding on another
2″ of a passage that plugs up? Perhaps the vortex of prop has some function?

Prepare to be boarded!