Rook66
Regular Contributor
I ran across this old 5.5 hp Evinrude, model no. 5514, made in 1957 that I bought a couple of days ago. It has a few scratches but no dents so over all it looks pretty good to be 61 years old.
It's not been started in several years so the carburetor is going to need a good cleaning and a carb kit installed.
Looks pretty good under the hood too.
I began working on the motor yesterday. I checked the spark with a tester and it appears to have a really good spark. I kept opening up the gap and it was able to jump the gap out to the E mark. I caught a picture of the spark at one point as I was opening up the gap.
I checked the compression and both cylinders were with in a couple of pounds of each other at approx. 86 to 88 PSI. According to what I could find the compression should be between 80 to 90 PSI but more importantly both cylinders should be with in 10% of each other so it looks good.
I wonder why the manufacture didn't publish the compression specs for these models in the manual. I've read where several people were looking for the factory specs on compression on these motors in the '50s and couldn't find anything.
I ordered the carb kit from MarineEngine yesterday so I'll install it when I receive it.
I hope this one goes as well as the repair work I did to my old 3 hp Johnson that I inherited from an uncle back in the 80s. It was made in 1966 and I just got it running a few weeks ago after it had been in storage for 30 years. I still haven't gotten a chance to take it on a fishing trip since I fixed it. The past few weeks all we've had is rain up until yesterday.
It's ready to go now if I ever get a chance to use it.
It's not been started in several years so the carburetor is going to need a good cleaning and a carb kit installed.
Looks pretty good under the hood too.
I began working on the motor yesterday. I checked the spark with a tester and it appears to have a really good spark. I kept opening up the gap and it was able to jump the gap out to the E mark. I caught a picture of the spark at one point as I was opening up the gap.
I checked the compression and both cylinders were with in a couple of pounds of each other at approx. 86 to 88 PSI. According to what I could find the compression should be between 80 to 90 PSI but more importantly both cylinders should be with in 10% of each other so it looks good.
I wonder why the manufacture didn't publish the compression specs for these models in the manual. I've read where several people were looking for the factory specs on compression on these motors in the '50s and couldn't find anything.
I ordered the carb kit from MarineEngine yesterday so I'll install it when I receive it.
I hope this one goes as well as the repair work I did to my old 3 hp Johnson that I inherited from an uncle back in the 80s. It was made in 1966 and I just got it running a few weeks ago after it had been in storage for 30 years. I still haven't gotten a chance to take it on a fishing trip since I fixed it. The past few weeks all we've had is rain up until yesterday.
It's ready to go now if I ever get a chance to use it.
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