Reply To: Evinrude Sportwin Help

[billw]

While I agree totally with Geer, and that is my method of operation too, some people just don’t want to get in that deep. This is why I had mentioned trying to turn the engine using a strap wrench on the flywheel. Sometimes, even though it may initially seem very tight, it will break free and start to tun well, within a few revolutions. Your cylinders don’t look horrible in the picture; although I would have liked to see it as soon as the head came off and before any work was done in cleaning it up. Anyway, if you don’t have a strap wrench, they can be had pretty cheaply on the interweb. Get a nylon strap, though. Rubber straps are not strong enough.

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