Reply To: Evinrude lightwin 49b6b parts

[Flyerh]

They were built for the European market in Belgium.My guess is the Amal carb was cheaper to source in Europe and at the time spares were readily available.However they are not anymore and the float bowl leaks but finding a suitable O ring will probably work. No we don’t have the recoil but there are some available on eBay.Yes the rope sheave is bolted to the fly wheel and can be easily removed to reveal the standard flywheel where a recoil will fit.I can see from YouTube that new coils are still available for this and other OMC engines that fit this era but not sure about points and condensers. I can see that when advancing the throttle, the flywheel base rotates and advances the timing, at least I assume it does as I have never noticed this on other small engines apart from Briggs and Stratton where the fan air does as speed increases.One of the transom bracket clamps is missing but probably can be made from threaded bar of some kind.Both spark plugs give a good spark despite multiple cracks in the HT lead insulation. It’s an interesting project but he will be using it on a small inflatable if he can get it going.