Very interesting video. I have a near match to that motor and just finished rebuilding my carb to get her ready for this 2022 season in Ontario. It's satisfying to fix something like that and almost as satisfying as watching a video of someone fixing something like that. I have had mercury 25s as well as the Evinrude and our Evinrude 25 is the most reliable one yet. Thanks for showing us the trick for getting at the points. I've not had to do that on mine yet. Your buyer is going to be very happy with that boat and motor combination for a long time!
Hey thanks for the feedback man! I loved that evinrude always loyal. I had good luck with mercury as well. They just don’t make outboards like they used to.
In the early 1990’s evinrude started their death throws no primer on their motors no air silencers the motors ran good heck I just bought a 25 evinrude low hour freshwater motor it runs great
Idk if you still have the boat years later but those motors have a tendency to blow the top crank seal, I’ve replaced 3 across the 4 omc25’s I’ve had from that era, after replacing the motor starts easier and doesn’t hit and miss the top cylinder it always runs on both
I learned to rub a folded brown paper bag through the points, not just the sand paper. Sanding makes the surface of the points rough and it will burn faster, you will have to redo or replace points.
Tell your friend to clean the water ways out get replacement impeller check, clean/replace the thermostat, clean the carb put a new set of plugs in, put some new oil in the gearbox. That'll make it more reliable. He may wish to adjust the trim as it stern is too low in the water
I just read your comment to him. He’s actually sitting in the truck with me right now! Thank you for the advice we’ll be doing all of that in a couple weeks.
Unfortunately, that flywheel nut should not have come off so easily, it was not properly torqued on there, the flywheels usually don't pop off like that either. You really should use the proper OMC puller tool. Not torquing the nut sufficiently could cause the flywheel to shift on the tapers and shear the key, then you will lose spark. The tapers will be damaged also. Over torquing the nut will cause the flywheel tapers to spread, then the flywheel will never stay in place. I'm not saying we all haven't "cheated" at this operation before, but it is important to realize what can happen if the flywheel is improperly torqued. Makes a mess out of the crank and flywheel tapers, shears the key as well.
Very interesting video. I have a near match to that motor and just finished rebuilding my carb to get her ready for this 2022 season in Ontario. It's satisfying to fix something like that and almost as satisfying as watching a video of someone fixing something like that. I have had mercury 25s as well as the Evinrude and our Evinrude 25 is the most reliable one yet. Thanks for showing us the trick for getting at the points. I've not had to do that on mine yet. Your buyer is going to be very happy with that boat and motor combination for a long time!
Hey thanks for the feedback man! I loved that evinrude always loyal. I had good luck with mercury as well. They just don’t make outboards like they used to.
In the early 1990’s evinrude started their death throws no primer on their motors no air silencers the motors ran good heck I just bought a 25 evinrude low hour freshwater motor it runs great
Idk if you still have the boat years later but those motors have a tendency to blow the top crank seal, I’ve replaced 3 across the 4 omc25’s I’ve had from that era, after replacing the motor starts easier and doesn’t hit and miss the top cylinder it always runs on both
I learned to rub a folded brown paper bag through the points, not just the sand paper. Sanding makes the surface of the points rough and it will burn faster, you will have to redo or replace points.
Thanks for the tip
Grew up right by that boat ramp. Used to take my jonboat there to work on it and test it out!
It’s such a perfect ramp for that! Well, Except wake boats😂 the ramp isn’t a steep enough angle. Totally ate the trailer with my prop.
Top.. de São Francisco, Brasil. parabéns pelo vídeo..
Tell your friend to clean the water ways out get replacement impeller check, clean/replace the thermostat, clean the carb put a new set of plugs in, put some new oil in the gearbox.
That'll make it more reliable.
He may wish to adjust the trim as it stern is too low in the water
I just read your comment to him. He’s actually sitting in the truck with me right now! Thank you for the advice we’ll be doing all of that in a couple weeks.
I should probably floss the points on my 25 soon .good video thanks
Point flossing is key😂 thanks for the feedback brother!
Unfortunately, that flywheel nut should not have come off so easily, it was not properly torqued on there, the flywheels usually don't pop off like that either. You really should use the proper OMC puller tool. Not torquing the nut sufficiently could cause the flywheel to shift on the tapers and shear the key, then you will lose spark. The tapers will be damaged also. Over torquing the nut will cause the flywheel tapers to spread, then the flywheel will never stay in place. I'm not saying we all haven't "cheated" at this operation before, but it is important to realize what can happen if the flywheel is improperly torqued. Makes a mess out of the crank and flywheel tapers, shears the key as well.
Btw what year is the 25 hp evinrude as I have a 1973 25hp evinrude 25353 Chris from OHIO 🚤
How much u sell the boat for?
Wich year those the outboardmotor come from?
I believe 1976
Which spark plugs does it use?
I’m an ngk fan if my memory serves me right I believe it was a NGK B6S 3510
What year is the motor?
1976
Skeg still good ?
Last I saw it was still there
Makes me wanna go floss my points.
It’s the best way to get your day started 😂