Gary, The item I have an arrow pointing to, is as you mention,
a swivel nut affair riveted on, to which the inner Bowden cable attaches to.
There’s a 1/4″ hole through the lever about 1″ from the arrow.
Not sure what it was originally for, but it’s now where my tensioner
resides.
Once I got the idea, it only took a few minutes to make up a tensioner.
I drilled and tapped a 1/4″ long piece of 3/8″ Delron, and attached it
to the lever with a 1/4″ bolt and nut.
Turning the nut down forces the Delron piece up against the bottom of
the electrical gear housing.
It seems like it will work okay.
I looked over the prop situation more, and while I seen one prop stamped 97
before, today I discovered that the other prop is also stamped 97.
Not sure if that’s an OMC prop number, but I find no reference to it on
the Internet.
I went to YouTube School of Higher Learning, and came to the conclusion that
both props are basically 10″ diameter x 9″ pitch.
Not sure if that’s what I need for the Crestliner, but it will have to do.
I ended up putting the 1938 Sportfour prop on anyway, as one blade on the
other prop is bent aft about 1/4″ higher than the other blades.
Lastly, I reset the ignition timing so now it’s more advanced while the lever is retarded
all the way.
The points break contact when the piston looks to be about 1/8″ before TDC.
Perhaps too much advance, but it took about 15 tries to get it even close
to where I wanted it.
It’s a real pain to try to tighten the points cam lock nut, without
the cam advancing itself while the nut as it’s being tightened.
There’s no good way to hold the cam while tightening the nut. There is
a notch in the topside of the cam, but there’s not enough clearance for any
kind of a spanner wrench.
Would like to see what tool the Evinrude boys used for the job!
While out of water, I primed the motor a couple of pumps, and it fired up
for about three seconds, and it sounded like it meant business!
Weather permitting, I hope to retry on the lake soon.
Prepare to be boarded!