Re: 1941-1946 Sportwin 4368 07234 3.3 hp

[PM T2]

Magneto was typical of all small Evinrudes of that era. Simple to service and maintain. If the coil is good now, it might be good for life as long as it doesn’t get physically damaged. Use a very small amount of light oil on the lubricating wick, otherwise the oil gets thrown around and oils up your points, which will stop you dead.

Exhaust passages in that big muffler can plug up with carbon, so it’s useful to pull that off once in awhile and clean things out.

I think those motors still used an aluminum impeller, so you should not have to be concerned with the impeller wearing out. Garry Spencer probably has something scanned from a parts book that will help you if he can post it.

They are nice running motors, very smooth and quiet, but they are not speed demons by any means, I think a Johnson JW 3 HP or the later Evinrude Lightwin (also 3 HP) will run away from them.

Hope this helps.

Best,
PM T2

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