Re: New Member

[bullie]

Thanks guys. My personal story, for what it’s worth, in getting into working on these old motors is sort of comical. I have been in the outdoors since my father put me there back in the early 70s. I was around outboards before I was around bicycles. But, it took me buying one for a little Pelican boat I traded for to find out I enjoyed working on them. I looked at a 15 Evinrude a fellow had for sale a few miles away but walked away from it, even though he said it ran fine, because the carb was in a coffee can. He had the carb kit in there too and told me it was no big deal to install and replace. Well, I had not tried to repair an engine since shop class back in 1985 so I figured I should probably leave that motor and the coffee can where it was. As it turns out the fellow called me the next day after installing the freshly rebuilt carb and said it was running fine. I went back over to look again and it was running great though the price had gone up $100. Even so, I paid the man and took it home. I was checking it out at home on some muffs and discovered it would start and idle great but if you gave it any throttle at all it immediately shut down. After much staring and muttering I figured out the throttle cam was broken. I remembered at this point that the fellow I bought it from was revving the motor from the top of the carb. I didn’t know who to turn to to fix it so I got some help on another website and set out on my first repair. After a long struggle with the flywheel I finally got the new cam installed and everything buttoned back up. It ran great. Along the way I found out that I actually enjoyed figuring out why it wouldn’t run and fixing it about as much as I do fishing. That was the first one. I don’t know how many have come and gone since then but I have around 20 in the garage most of the time now. Most are mine. Others I fix for folks. I have a rack with 3 or 4 that are staying here. At least until I find something more interesting. …did I mention boats? Good grief the boats…