Re: Old Evinrude outboard

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quote itchy:

Just bought an old Evinrude and trying to identify it. It is an opposed cylinder twin, rope start, short tiller handle that
pushes in and pulls out. There is a number on a plate below the carburetor just above where the motor enters the
transom. It shows N 11033. No other numbers and I don’t know if that is the serial number or model number. The
Flywheel says Evinrude but no numbers. Big spark plugs are upright and the speed lever contains a push plate on top.
Any idea what I have here. It is froze up. Otherwize seems complete other than being dirty and neglected.

Howdy Itchy,

I take it you’re Japanese? 😉

Congrats on the old motor find. I have no idea what year it is, but before you get too worried about it being stuck, I’d suggest you begin the standard motor un-sticking procedure.

Pull the plugs, shoot something good (like Kroil, or another quality product) into the plug holes. Use plenty of it, and use if often – every couple of days. If the plug holes allow, stick a hardwood dowel into a plug hole, push it up against the piston crown and give it a few sharp raps with a medium hammer. Do this as often as ye think of it, in memory of the a-holes who wrecked my TD20 because they couldn’t tell a sticky-stuck motor from a hard seizure.

If you can’t get the right geometry for the dowel via the plug hole, then pull one or both of the heads – and go that way.