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    Evinrude 1961 10HP won't idle

    UPDATE: might be useful to some - idle continued to be choppy and unstable, no amount of adjustment helped. Otherwise run great, WOT with plenty of power. I decided to go into the carb, and discovered that the orange rubber bowl gasket got swollen, probably from over-tightening the screws...
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    Evinrude 1961 10HP won't idle

    After all the usual remedies didn't work, and the motor still refused to idle and ran like it had an air leak, I took a closer look at the carburetor and discovered that the top welch plug got blown out somehow, and was just laying upside down on top of the cavity, so I didn't see the problem at...
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    Evinrude 1961 10HP won't idle

    Hello everyone, I have recently finished restoring a 10HP, which included rebuilding the carb, water pump, replacing the thermostat and lower unit service. While testing it on a tank, it runs good, but won't low rpm idle. I tried to adjust the jets (started with 1-1/4 low speed, 3/4 high...
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    1961 Sportwin 10 hp - help with oil seal confusion

    There are no springs in these seals. I was wrong, there is a spring, it is indeed inside the rubber part, and is across the flat metal part. There is tapered rubber, where the tapered side faces the flat metal part of the seal. The spring sits across the tapered part. So that answers my...
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    1961 Sportwin 10 hp - help with oil seal confusion

    Hello everyone, I'm restoring a 1961 1hp Sportwin, and can't figure out which direction to install the two oil seals (303345) - one in the water pump housing (#42 in the chart) and the other in the gearcase head (#29). These are identical seals with a tapered rubber inside. I am attaching a...
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