Thanks, Tubs! Yes, the decals are original and in decent shape. In fact, a member, forgot his name but wanted a transcription of the decals on top of the tank which give instructions on starting the motor on one side of the tank and instructions for lubrication on the other side. These are all perfectly legible, although I do have the original owner’s manual. Eventually, I plan to build a box to store the motor, patterned after that father/son with an old Johnson motor on the latest cover of the AOMCI magazine.

Thanks for telling me to keep at it, as did Buck.

One more comment on this 1936 Evinrude Fisherman motor. For a newbie to motor overhaul, as I am, I stretched outside my limits , me being a chemist and not an engineer. However, what really stumped me was verifying the status of the ignition system. Basically, I did not have faith that an 87 year old magneto, coil, condenser, and high tension wires could actually still be viable! In fact, all components in that system were fine except for wires from the coil to the plugs.

I could not have gotten the motor running without the invaluable expertise and hands-on repairing gotten from Art DeKalb. He is about a 2 hour drive from my home, but the trip was worth it. Art checked the coil and condenser on his testing unit, disassembled and cleaned the points and replaced the high tension wires.

When I left Art that day, we proved that we indeed did have spark going to both plugs, and the rest of the project was just cleaning and a bit of rebuilding.

So, thanks again to Art DeKalb for his kind help and experience!

motor in shed

Yes, I think there are two chapters; the Finger Lakes chapter and the Buffalo-Western NY one.

good idea. Thanks , Tubs.