Re: 1976 Evinrude 15 hp 15604A Fuel pump?

[20mercman]

Thanks for the replies folks. That last post was my son Kevin logged in on my username. This is a motor that belongs to the mailman’s brother. He had taken it to another "Outboard Repair Shop" and that is where the fuel pump spring went. I didn’t know until yesterday that they had taken the pump apart, or that they admitted to loosing a small part. 🙄 They told the owner that it had broken reeds, so he picked it up and took it home. The mailman contacted Kevin about taking a look at it and doing the repairs that they shop said it needed. Kevin pulled the power head and the front of the engine to inspect the reeds, and they are fine. The water pump intake was plugged, and he cleaned the carburetor and checked the pump and other things. It is still in "exploded view" on the garage work bench, and I want him to contact the owner and ask what he wants to do. I am at the point of getting the "kit" which is in fact a new pump. If it was one for our rack, I may be more inclined to mess with it, but I want Kevin to learn that customer motors need to follow standard service practice and that means new gaskets and other things that could be worked around. He did several for hire jobs last year, and I encourage him in getting these jobs to gain experience and some spending money at the same time.

Thanks again!

Steve