Reply To: New to me 6hp Evinrude project

[David Stanton]

Those 6’s are known for idling down nice to be a great trolling motor.  Good price you got!

I got one about 12 years ago at an antique shop for only $35 because it was stuck, and had been badly brush painted to cover up a previous camo paint job, so it looks ugly.  The impeller had a couple broken vanes that were jamming everything up inside the pump housing, so that was an easy fix.   Runs good now.  I’ve used it for Boy Scouts to run while working on boating merit badge. Also used it for the first motor for my then 14  year old grandson to run on a Minmost hydroplane we built together – it planed it off!  Once he learned how to handle waves, I upped the HP for him  (and me!).

Dave