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    Motor Starts, Won't Stop with Key or Kill Switch

    Gator for the win! I re-looked at the harness tonight and son of a gun, it is a mis-match of the red and black plugs. The red end does not have a contact point to connect to the blue/blue-white stripe ignition wire which is circled in red in the pic. So it cannot ground out. Back to trying to...
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    Motor Starts, Won't Stop with Key or Kill Switch

    1975 Evinrude 40 HP Model: 40EL75C Got this thing purring like a kitten, but have the old,"Starts with the key, but will not shut off when the key goes to the Off position" problem. It did work correctly first, about 8 times, then it would do this thing where when you turned the key off, you...
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    Mercury 500 Lower Unit/Gearcase replace

    Hi, haven't posted in a while, and forgive me if this in the wrong place, couldn't find a similar question, but I have a Mercury 500 50HP Serial: 3350325 Looking for a lower unit to replace one that has a crack in it. Charts say it takes a 6038A6, but I can only seem to find a 6038A7. Are...
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    Exhaust Seals Questions for 40EL75C

    I've got an exhaust leak into the motor cover that is starving the carb when the motor cover is on, so won't get to WOT. Runs great with cover off... 1. Do I need to remove the powerhead to gain access to replace the 2 seals on the lower part of the cover? 2. Should the lower part of the cover...
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    40EL75C Stator and Rectifier Woes

    Hi guys, Was out shrimping on Wednesday and I noticed the FishFinder went off about 1 hour into our trip. 20 minutes later I had turned of the motor and when I went to start it up, not enough juice in the battery. After getting towed back by fellow shrimpers (whew!), I've been going through my...
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    4075c flywheel torque specs

    Anyone know this one? thx!
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    40EL75C Spark problems and testing driver coil

    Anyone know how to test the driver coil with a multimeter? I know the one driver coil under the flywheel is supposed to send spark to each of the ignition coils (which I just replaced) mounted next to the cylinders. With the 2 wires that come off the driver coil, and using the multimeter set to...
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    Torque specs on head bolts for JW-17

    Anybody know where I can find this? thx!
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