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You likely just have some rusting around the piston rings causing them to be stuck in the cylinders. Keep applying your penetrating oil potions for awhile yet, then try rocking the flywheel back and forth. I had a ’72 Evinrude I restored a few years ago – it was stuck tight when I first got it. After a few days of soaking with PB Blaster, I started working the flywheel back and forth and it broke free pretty easy. Keep us posted on your progress.
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
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1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp
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