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Hi everyone,
I just finished the carbs on the Johnson mentioned above. It had an Evinrude shroud on it and I was told it was a 95 Evinrude.
Since I had already ordered the parts for the 95 Evinrude and was very familiar with that engine, I asked my friend to just bring me the carbs. When I saw them (they were for an old cross flow 1979 as it turned out) I realized I needed the proper kits and called them in. I soaked the carbs for a half hour and they were still a mess with the idle circuits totally blocked. I used fine leader wire to open up the passages enough for the carb cleaner to work. ( a big no no) and finally I soaked them in engine tuner by Yamaha for 2 days. That did the trick and a good thing as I was about to give up.
Now the rest of the story. I fear I am going to have trouble with the linkages and synchronizing the two carbs. The linkages were disassembled and put in a one gallon plastic bag. (not by me) If anyone has an older crossflow Evinrude or Johnson and could post or email a couple of photos I would be most grateful. Maybe Brett or someone could come up with a diagram as that might be even better.
Thanks and best regards,
Frank_S
I just finished the carbs on the Johnson mentioned above. It had an Evinrude shroud on it and I was told it was a 95 Evinrude.
Since I had already ordered the parts for the 95 Evinrude and was very familiar with that engine, I asked my friend to just bring me the carbs. When I saw them (they were for an old cross flow 1979 as it turned out) I realized I needed the proper kits and called them in. I soaked the carbs for a half hour and they were still a mess with the idle circuits totally blocked. I used fine leader wire to open up the passages enough for the carb cleaner to work. ( a big no no) and finally I soaked them in engine tuner by Yamaha for 2 days. That did the trick and a good thing as I was about to give up.
Now the rest of the story. I fear I am going to have trouble with the linkages and synchronizing the two carbs. The linkages were disassembled and put in a one gallon plastic bag. (not by me) If anyone has an older crossflow Evinrude or Johnson and could post or email a couple of photos I would be most grateful. Maybe Brett or someone could come up with a diagram as that might be even better.
Thanks and best regards,
Frank_S