Reply To: 1981 Evinrude 4.5 HP Bolt torque

[David Stanton]

Thanks for the tips!  That 4.5  is going to a relative of my girlfriend’s, and he takes good care of his things.  It will be used on a 12′ fishing boat at his cabin on  a Minnesota lake, but I expect I will get to do repairs beyond spark plugs and gear oil changes.   The water tube grommet I used from the old pump housing – it was like new, so may have been replaced in the past.  My girlfriend’s Dad used it for years on a 12 foot open aluminum fishing boat on the Gulf off of Florida (yeah sounds crazy but that’s what he did!).  He always ran it in a barrel of clear water when done.

It may get a lot of reverse gear use backtrolling for Walleyes, but that will be at very slow trolling speed.

I was impressed with the minimum idle setting knob with stop button built into the end of the tiller – it appears to be much more robust than the broken ones on my 1989-1991 15 HP motors.

Dave