Reply To: 1973 6Hp Evinrude Fisherman hard starting cold

[Tom Bertulli]

I found an old post by one of your guys called Mumbles “February 26, 2019 at 3:58 pm#169760
The universal mag was used on the 3 and 4 horse motors until ’84, the 6 until ’76, 9.5, 18, and 40 horse until ’73, 20 and 25 horse until ’72. The 2 horse used it until ’86 and the 1.25 and 2.5 horse motors used it from ’87 on.

Remember the cranky Low Tension mag as used on ’74 – ’76 9.9/15 horse motors? It and the Universal Mag were replaced with the superior CD (Capacitor Discharge) Ignition system as time went on.

This gives me the impression that any mag plate from any of the 3-25 hp OMC’s from about 1960 -75 would fit. I’ve got a scrap power head from a 1960 18 hp Johnson that I could swap. Any comments?