Re: 1960 Evinrude Fastwin 18hp Troubles

[willyboy]

Thank you,i’ll pick up the j6c’s and get rid of the j8c’s that came with it. The skipping was at low speed when it was idling,once I got going at high speed it quit skipping and ran great for 100 yards or so and then seemed to go back to half power and bog down followed by more skipping. I torqued the flywheel down to 50 ft lbs. with a torque wrench. I have one of those spark testers in the garage,have to grab an extra to give that test. I am having doubts about one of the plug leads now that I think about it,before installing the coil onto the lead the wires inside the line looked a little thin and tarnished and the rubber boot had very tiny what looked like cracks in it.If I had to replace the plug leads I would have to remove the mag plate correct? I should have ordered plug leads when I bought the rest of the parts. Frank R- I checked the plugs and they look almost new,gave them a light swipe with some 600 grit and blew them off with the air hose. I’m going to re[place them with j6c.