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CarbonSink62
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Initially Posted - 03/25/2013 :  06:59:24  Show Profile
I just picked up an '04 Honda; so my faithful Evinrude has to go. I'm sure most of you are familiar with them. They seem to have been standard issue for an early C25. This one hung off the back of my boat for her entire life.

Last summer I replaced plugs, wires, water pump, & lower unit oil and rebuilt the carburetor; it ran like a champ!

No one spends 3 decades on this planet without developing a few quirks:
1. No 12VDC output; I'm guessing that the electric start was added 'after the fact' and they never bothered to install the charging circuit. So, it's not that the 12VDC out is broken, it's not there.

2. It won't idle; it starts easy and runs strong, and I can run it slow enough to maneuver the boat, but going to the bottom of the throttle results in a stall. It starts right back up.

Without those two issues, I'd be asking for 5 or 6 hundred. I don't feel like fixing it (did I mention I have a new one?) so $400 takes it away.

To someone on the forum, I'll even drive an hour to deliver.

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CarbonSink62
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Response Posted - 03/28/2013 :  14:19:11  Show Profile
This is kind of the response I expected.
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Response Posted - 03/28/2013 :  14:26:57  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">This is kind of the response I expected.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Hang in there, this place will get more busy in about 45 days...
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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 03/28/2013 :  17:40:28  Show Profile
Ken,
Sounds like trouble with the low speed circuit?

Good luck with the sale: For someone this would be a GREAT DEAL, it's likely an easy fix.
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Response Posted - 03/31/2013 :  05:18:35  Show Profile  Visit C25PYLOT's Homepage
Ken I'm interested but it depends on
which area you live in.
Thanks,
Steve
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CarbonSink62
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Response Posted - 04/01/2013 :  07:43:54  Show Profile
Hi, Steve.

I'm in the northeast US. I live an hour north of Boston.

I have relatives in Cumberland, RI and New City, NY (just north of NYC) so I'm frequently in those areas.

Ken
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Response Posted - 04/01/2013 :  08:41:19  Show Profile  Visit C25PYLOT's Homepage
Hi Ken,

That all sounds good but it's still a stretch
mileage wise, I'm all the way down in coastal
South Carolina. Beaufort which is about an hour
North of Savanaha, Ga. Ill keep in touch with you
though in case I have a friend making a road trip
to FL or something. (I've got a real close friend in
Waterville with relatives in FL.) I'm guessing that
as the season comes to full swing your motor will
sell quickly.
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vipermagic
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Response Posted - 04/05/2013 :  19:38:45  Show Profile
If you were closer to Cleveland, I'd be on that in a heartbeat. My 79 evinrude got destroyed in the hurricane, and I sure miss it. There is a shocking amount of parts and info out there about those things, and they're easy as cake to work on, and they really don't quit. Someone is going to get one hell of a deal.
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