Reply To: Thrust, hp, and weight comparisons

[Bob Wight]

I’m with everyone else here and think you should keep the ’56 Evinrude.    As you noted, it sounds like it has been well maintained and never abused, compression is still good and it’s likely this motor will still provide good service for many years to come.   You’ve already had most of the basic services done, but as you noted, the coils should be examined and tested.   If they are the original coils, it would be worthwhile to just install new ones.   You didn’t say if the service shop had done it, but I would also replace the plug wires and spark plugs if not already done.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp

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