Re: 1930 Elto Senior Speedster Mag plate retrofit woes

[PM T2]

If the sleeve over the crankcase neck is steel, its probably just a spacer they made up to take up slack between the original neck and the Johnson mag plate they grafted onto it. Remove the spacer and see if your Evinrude mag plate fits on. A simple measurement sequence would tell you that ahead of doing any actual removal work. I bet that you’ll end up cutting that sleeve off and the mag plate will suddenly fit with minimal fuss.

The only way you’ll drive the original crankcase neck (you call it a post) out of the housing is if you break it off and destroy the entire housing. Its cast as one piece, and the bearing is a press-fit insert.

Knuckle-buster flywheel diameter is 9.500".

PM T2

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