Re: 1980s Evinrude 8 hp throttle

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quote mgsolakis:

I don’t remember unthreading that plastic collar Fleetwin but it is possible so I will look at that also. And to answer your second question I’m not sure the 2nd picture is of a parts Motor I picked up for free years ago and have never gotten around to really looking closely at aside from that it has spark and compression. Something grooved into the side of the flywheel while it was running and shot the metal flakes all over it. I’ll try to get a picture for you to see what I mean just for fun.

I was wondering what the metal shaving were from. I worked on a friends 1992 Evin 8 hp. The throttle linkage is different somehow. Had to mess around with it to get it to idle correctly and go to full throttle.
There is some kind of design issue involved. I would have to get out my Manual or look at the motor again to remember exactly the issue is.
It is a tough little motor, I rescued it from the bottom of Puget Sound,2 days underwater. I got lucky and saved it.

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