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She’s all back together again, new shift rod o-ring in place. Gear case oil still flows hard out the bottom hole despite the top hole being plugged. So there’s still a leak somewhere. I still need to perform a water test, but with this kind of oil pouring out I’m fairly confident the gear...

It was a super tiny tube. There was barely enough in it to make a bead all the way around under the spaghetti gasket.

Ran the motor this week while taking the boat with me on vacation. She worked great. However, yup, there was a little water in the gear case when I got home and checked by taking out the bottom screw. So the o-ring definitely needs to get replaced (and hoping that is the sole culprit)...

Is that part #10 in this diagram? https://www.marineengine.com/parts/johnson-evinrude-parts.php?year=1963&hp=18&model=FD-17&manufacturer=Johnson&section=Gearcase+Group No, I was never anywhere near that part of the engine. I have only been working in the lowest part of the gear case. Only...

So I didn’t buy a pressure pump, but I did hook the oil pumper back up and pushed that a few times on full oil and the top screw still in. Oil came out in these spots. Am I screwed?

New parts in. Cleaned her up best I could inside. New pivot screw has an actual head :) Using the dremel on the old headless one to give it a notch worked in backing it out with a flat head screw driver. It came out awfully easy. Everything is back together. Permatex surrounding the...

I have a new one coming from eBay. Won't be here till next week, unfortunately.

Do you have a recommended site for these parts? I ordered them, but contemplating whether I should cancel and try elsewhere. I might have the wrong one. Took a lot of searching for a place that didn’t want an arm and a leg. Most places want $75-$120 for each of these parts...

Might have a problem. How do I get the old shift yoke lever out? The screw holding it in has no discernible head on it. Just what looks like a punch dimple in the middle. Or is that like one of those Welch plugs covering the head of the pin? (all of the pin replacements I saw online had...

Thank you for the advice and details Pappy. Really appreciate it. You’ve helped me with this same motor a few years back :) I’ll come back with an update on how it goes.

Hello :). Had an unfortunate issue pop up with my old outboard, and need a quick confirmation in what I believe I need to do. This is my first time inside the lower unit of any motor, so want to make sure I’m doing it right. The old dog cradle got mangled and needs replacing, but I think it...

The metal on these old motors can get quite brittle. That’s why there’s a liberal amount of duct tape on my tiller here :( The left half of the arm there broke completely in half when I was working on the motor. Still not sure exactly how I did it... must have put too much force on it when...

I went a little overboard with my lighting. Got these nice little LED lights off Amazon, small flood, a 4 gang box, and a spool if wire. Went to Lowe’s and found some plastic trim. Then picked up some 3M automotive tape from O’Reillys (same stuff used to stick the trim strips to the side of...

Awesome to hear :)