Small Boat Forum

Welcome! Need support, you got it. Or share you ideas and experiences.

Use this form to submit comments directly to the Asylum moderators for this forum. We're particularly interested in truly outstanding posts that might be added to our FAQs.
You may also use this form to provide feedback or to call attention to messages that may be in violation of our content rules.

You must login to use this feature.

Inmate Login

By default, logging in will set a session cookie that disappears when you close your browser. Clicking on the 'Remember my Moniker & Password' below will cause a permanent 'Login Cookie' to be set.

Moniker/Username: The Name that you picked or by default, your email. Forgot Moniker?	Examples "Rapper", "Bob W", "joe@aol.com".
Password:	Forgot Password?
	Remember my Moniker & Password ( What's this?)

If you don't have an Asylum Account, you can create one by clicking Here.

Our privacy policy can be reviewed by clicking Here.

Inmate Comments

From:
Your Email:
Subject:

Message Comments

Original Message

1969 Evinrude Fastwin 18 hp electric start outboard.

Posted by Ric on March 25, 2005 at 13:33:56:
I am not one to beg for help, but my recently acquired vintage 18 hp, 1969 Evinrude Fastwin is challenging me. When I first took it out on its test run, I ran it about half throttle. It acted like it was hitting dead-heads and eventually popped a pin. After a number of attempts to resolve the problem, I found a used replacement lower unit ( with a prop ) for real cheap. After I put the new lower unit on and fabricated a handful of shere pins out of steel, I never shered another pin. Note: The replacement lower unit was off of a Johnson but it was an identical match to my Evinrude. My only problem is that since I replaced the lower unit there has been a marked reduction in accelleration and top-end speed. The engine is hanging off the back of a shallow hull 14' aluminum boat and used to keep up with a 50 hp Merc. Now it's really doggy. Could this speed reduction be due to an accidental oil/fuel mixture problem? I did have to replace a pin over about thirty feet of open, choppy water and could have upset the mixture settings. It's hard for me to experiment with the mixture setting because when I try to go to the back of the boat and attempt to steer off the tiller I almost do a boat wheely. I know it's not the prop, as both of my props are properly rated and undamaged. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, one and all!!!