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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 08/24/2014 : 17:18:31

A friend of mine just gave me a tiny Evinrude, I've figured out it's a 1986, made in Belgium. Does anyone know anything about these guys? I bet it doesn't weigh much more than 20 lbs.

The gas has all evaporated from the tank leaving a horrible smelling sticky oil residue inside the tank. I have to assume the carb is completely gunked up with it as well. I wasn't even sure it'd turn over, but it cranks around and spins the prop (which looks like it's never been used, but I suspect it's been replaced).

I'm not super thrilled to have another 2-stroke, but hey, the price was right. Ideally I'd still like to get a Honda 2, but beggars can't be choosers.

I figure at a minimum, it's going to need a water pump rebuild and a carb rebuild, plus I need to get the oily mess out of the gas tank. A first look for a water pump rebuild kit was sort of stunning, they want $50 for it! I haven't looked up a carb rebuild yet.

The tank says the mix is 100:1, but I've read other places referring specifically to this engine to ignore that & run it at 50:1. Any thoughts there?

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Response Posted - 08/24/2014 : 18:48:24

Buy several cans of Carburetor cleaner and use a medium sized SS mixing bowl to clean the parts in... might as well start with cleaning. Evinrude is known to have tried 100: 1 and recalled those instructions and gone back to 50:1... on an old engine more oil is better anyway.

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Response Posted - 08/24/2014 : 19:27:25

Thanks Frank. I've got a gallon can of carburetor cleaner with a dip basket in it, figured I'd start with that for the carb. I think I've figured out how to get the cowling off so I can get to all the little bits & pieces to start removing them for cleaning / replacing.

I probably won't be able to get to it for a couple of weeks, we've got a bunch of people coming over for a Merdeka day party next weekend (Malaysian Independence Day), and we'll both be pretty busy getting prepped for that.

I think the nasty smelling oil residue might have been from someone fogging the system before storage. The person I got it from has never used it, and her father gave it to her years ago for a small sailboat he built for her. The oil reminds of me of the castor oil medicine your grandmother might have given you (I have a vague, but very unpleasant memory of this back in the '60's). I think that's what the smell is. Very sharp, can't get rid of it smell.

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Response Posted - 08/25/2014 : 20:29:28

Probably just the residue from the volatiles evaporating. Some people did use castor oil to reduce smoking

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Response Posted - 08/26/2014 : 16:47:49

Don't leave aluminum parts too long or they may be gone. That stuff used to eat aluminum. They may have changed the formula by now.

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Response Posted - 08/27/2014 : 20:30:44

David, just a heads up. You can find Evinrude Shop Manuals on line, at E bay & elsewhere. Evinrude has a lot of info at their website but generally only going back 10 years to 2004. After that they refer you to the Ken Cook Company Website. I ordered a complete original Evinrude Shop Manual for a 1995 Evinrude Outboard on E bay and got an approximately 250 page manual, with detailed, helpful info for 40 bucks.

I then thought that it would be handy to get an owners manual from KenCook.com. What I actually received from Ken Cook Co. was a 39 page pamphlet (actually 78 pages, but 39 pages were in French) for $52.06, including $9.95 Shipping. This was a colossal waste of money. I don't understand why Evinrude/Johnson would farm out their product information to a 3rd party to sell it to their customers at such an exorbitant price/profit?
Doug

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 08/27/2014 : 21:08:37

Doug,
Thanks for the head's up, I went & looked at their site and was surprised they wanted so much for a manual.

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Response Posted - 08/28/2014 : 17:21:24

Call these guys if you need parts for OMC, Mercury, Suzuki, or Yamaha. They have parts for some motors back to the 50's I believe.

They've been a fixture in Houston since 1958. Their website is full of a ton of useful information.

http://outboard-parts.com/

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Response Posted - 08/28/2014 : 20:23:35

Gary thanks for the referral. Looks like a good resource, & good folks. Just read the article, "TWO STROKE VS. FOUR STROKE OUTBOARDS" and "Our Story" under "About us" and you can get a pretty good feel for the company.
Thanks again (I have no connection or interest in this firm)
Doug

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