Reply To: 1918 Evinrude Detachable Rowboat Motor

[Tom]

The motor appears to have the components of a magneto.  But the motor seems to have spent some time outside, so you would be extremely lucky if the Evinrude magneto still works.  Repair or replacement is not a simple task on those mags.  So if you get to the point where you have a carb, a good tank, and all of the internals check out, you might consider running it on a buzz coil.  The Evinrude magneto lends itself well to using a buzz coil since the points close to fire.  In the Caille mags used on similar motors, the opposite is true and you need to use a relay to reverse the logic.

Tom