Reply To: 1964 Evinrude 9.5? Identify and Maintenance

[mjdoman]

Fleetwin:

I’m not sure about the long or short shaft engine.  Attached is a photo of the whole thing. I believe I mentioned this but yes, this things has seen sea water.  I would say for about 3-5 years he brought it down to florida (gulf saltwater) and then back up to Jersey (lake).

I finally did try to shift and the brass brackets I have been mentioning did go up and release the rod.  So that wasn’t it – I figured as much cause this thing would not budge.

So as you suspect, there IS something else keeping the lower end from coming off.

On the advice of LeeRoy (who I have been emailing) I cut 2 wooden wedges and tried to force them into the gap at the front and back of the unit.  As I drove them in, the whole thing kept sliding and moving since I had no method to keep it all still.  The motor is mounted on the back of the boat.  Even after driving them in until a lot of the wood got scraped off where it entered the gap, I still can’t get it off.

So frustrated.

ugh.

I suppose I could assume that the issue that caused it to over heat was a plastic bag or something and try to go out again.  I mean it ran for at least 5-6 minutes before showing signs of trouble.  But I guess that would be a risk.