Reply To: 1954 Evinrude 7.5

[Don]

OK, well please don’t make any assumptions about fuel being in the carb bowl based on seeing fuel in the glass bowl…The glass bowl is below the float chamber, so you will always see some fuel there, even when you purposely run the fuel out of the carb.
Please don’t rip into that ignition system without confirming you have an ignition problem..This will only add to confusion and frustration. This is most likely a fuel supply issue, until proved otherwise. Once again, the engine will continue to run if the primer button is pressed, and you have removed the bowl filter. OK, you report replacing the air and fuel hose, but are you sure the pressure nipple is OK, and the engine fuel/air line fitting is OK?
Is this engine new to you? If so, did it ever run OK?
I hear ya, you are frustrated…Good idea to leave it alone for awhile…Sometimes, the “aha moment” comes to me while I am half sleeping/dreaming…