Reply To: 1961 40hp Evinrude difficult to turn under compression

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@Jeff About the cam.  I did notice that I didn’t have one.  I did see it in the online diagrams.  I also don’t have a hole in the shaft for the pin seen in those same diagrams.  The part of the shaft that the magneto sits around is “cam shaped” and opens and closes the points fine.  When I look at the ’62 model year for this engine they don’t have a separate cam or a pin.

Ah, and when I look at the ’62 cylinder head diagram it doesn’t have the relief vales either!  The model number places it as 1961 but the parts seem to be more like the 1962.  Hmm.

I will take a look at the starter.  After that, the power head is the last thing I haven’t opened. 🙂