Reply To: 1957 Evinrude 18 HP Fastwin

[Jay Meldrum]

Thanks Don, JACQUES, and seakaye12 for all the recommendations!  Luckily all of those things are in order. After getting some pulls from my neighbors we got it going!

I had to hold the throttle more open to get it to actually fire while my neighbor pulled (getting lots of pops before I did that), I seems to remember I used to be able to turn it to full and pull and the position would not reset, but now whenever I pull the starter rope it resets back to the min throttle position, is this normal?  Photo for reference, blue line is where I had to hold it, red is where it resets with each pole if I don’t hold it

Could I have something wrong with the throttle cam? Or the roller, maybe I should add more tape so the throttle stays “more open” at the lower position?

Some running videos for reference:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HS8CpJ5mxTSzHkuy6

https://photos.app.goo.gl/d38kivfnhBx3NYKC9