Reply To: 1964 Evinrude 9.5? Identify and Maintenance

[mjdoman]

Any advice on how to torque the flywheel properly?  Maybe a video?

I will also check the Leroy file.

The pump is leaking directly where the hose connects to the engine.

I have 2 tanks, so I attached the other one (after transferring the fuel oil mix) and I put a little fuel down the carburetor and it started up for me.  I ran it for about 1-2 minutes, then shut it off.

It wouldn’t start without that fuel dump.  I suppose I should clean the carb after all.

I should probably mention that my uncle was the son of a machinist and did a fair amount himself, and he built his own boats.  So based on this, and the fact that I was able to get it going without much trouble (ingnoring my unneccesary removal of the FW) I believe other than a carb clearning, this engine was probably well taken care of and is in good shape.

I am a little worried about how deep the water container that I put the lower end in has to be.  Does the entire lower end have to be in the water?  I have it as deep as a 5 gallon bucket.  Do I need a deeper container?

Anyway, I am about to take it out to the lake and try to start it up.  I will check on the Flywheel question.  All I did was seat it in place and then tap with a heavy hammer all around the edge several times until it didn’t go down any more.  Let me know what else I need to do.

Thanks for everything!