Reply To: 1958 Evinrude 4- Fifty horse, model 50012 advice

[Jeffls]

It runs!  Thank you guys for the help so far. I pulled the kill wire off the distributor and it started. It ran pretty well too.

If it was a salt motor, I cannot tell. My guess is it might have been. I’m not sure where the boat came from before the previous owner, I’ll have to give him an ask and see. My guess though is that it probably spent some time in the salt. I know the majority of places by me are salt water and if I end up using this motor, it will be used in salt water.
My next plan is to pull the lower unit and disassemble to see how everything looks.

One last question, the case says hypoid oil. I know 75-90 gear oil is labeled hypoid oil. Is there a particular oil and weight I should use in the lower unit? Or is any hypoid gear oil good? And does anyone know what the capacity might be?

Thank you all,

Jeff