Reply To: 1963 Evinrude 75hp

[gbeardmore]

frankr wrote:

My concern would be the possibility of a broken stud that holds it together. There are two of them, one front and one aft. Broken ones were way too common. I’ve seen the whole bottom end fall off if both break. Make sure there is NO gap at all between the upper and lower housings at the front and rear pointy ends. Otherwise, there is an o-ring in there that seals the juncture

Thanks for the thought Frank! I’ve spoken with the tech that did the work a couple of times & I get the feeling he would have said something if that was the case. Also, he probably wouldn’t have gushed over how nice it was if there was an issue like this.

I think I’ll give my local marina a call. One of the techs there is an AOMCI member…