"Mousey" the 1960 Evinrude Fisherman 5.5 Runs!

[Buccaneer]

Wasn’t sure if this day would ever come after bringing home my
$50 catch of a 1960 Evinrude, two Eskas, and a OMC gas tank,
and finding out the Evinrude was in worse shape than I thought
from the mice piss. Different carb, intake manifold, carb silencer,
patched up pin hole in crankcase, new fuel pump, one replacement
piston, seals, waterpump, etc. Seems to run pretty good. Have not invested in
a magneto timing tool yet, so just had to set the points at .020.
Was going to try my dial gauge in the spark plug holes, but not
quite enough room to install it.
Anyway, thanks to everyone for all your help!
Video on your tube…… I think….
https://youtu.be/3QfipAB_YL8

Prepare to be boarded!

[chris-p]

Says its Private and wont let us watch it.

[Buccaneer]

It says "Public" now, hope it works!

Prepare to be boarded!

[1957evinrude]

It works and it runs like new !!!!

[fleetwin]

sounds good

[Buccaneer]

Since the video, I remounted my impulse pump about an 1" away from the power head, and
put a thick gasket behind it so it doesn’t get cooked.
Now that I know it runs, I’ll look for a cheap skeg / gear case cap
this winter. It had been welded up at one time and now it’s missing
the gear lube fill / drain hole! Also one of the fuel control knobs
had a silver metal knob with a "W" on it, that doesn’t fit correct.
Presume it was a "wipper" knob from a car of long ago, and not
a rare "Wevinrude outboard" knob.

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