No bubbles. No apparent leaks on that gas tank. Pulled out a 1955 7.5 Evinrude (the one with the oil slinger problem last year). Test tanked it up, plugged in that fuel tank (sitting on the floor). She/He started third pull and after the warm up the motor idled so slow it was like one revolution at a time. Ran for fifteen minutes. No problem. So it’s not the tank.
I’ll pull the reed plate. I have a spare set of valves. Hopefully, I can save the gaskets which are not cheap. May as well lift the motor and fix the leaky shift handle. Which means replacing the exhaust gasket. Does it ever end? (Not until it starts!!)
