Topic: 1937 Evinrude Fisherman, lever on faceplate? – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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January 30, 2019 at 2:51 pm #165379
davidk
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I’ve got most of the parts back where they belong on this motor. Even got it started last night at Lincoln Davis’ shop. I can’t figure out what the lever is on the bottom of the faceplate. Seems like it should hook onto something but I don’t see what? Anyone familiar with this motor? Model 4337
January 30, 2019 at 9:20 pm #165460
Buccaneer
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Some of the old Evinrudes had a lever toward the bottom
of the front cowl to prime the motor, by lifting the poppet
valve off it’s seat.

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January 31, 2019 at 9:17 am #165479
davidk
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Buc, the lever you are describing is there, under the handle, but hard to see in these photos. I’m wondering about the lever on the bottom of the cowl. Looks like it would grab something as you pull it forward, maybe to secure the cowl, but there are already two long screws that hold it in place. I wish I could remember how it was before I took it apart…….
January 31, 2019 at 9:43 am #165484
Anonymous
Is it for locking the tiller, for use when roping to motor to start it?
January 31, 2019 at 11:50 am #165503
davidk
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Anonymous wrote:

Is it for locking the tiller, for use when roping to motor to start it?

Good question. I can’t see how it would grab the tiller handle but I’ll look at it again with that in mind. Thanks!
February 1, 2019 at 3:32 am #165621
garry-in-michigan
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It’s a sort of a bumper to keep it from shaking to violently while trolling. . .
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February 1, 2019 at 9:12 am #165629
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Nice photo Garry, now I see the “primer” lever I was thinking of.
I have a “Handytwin”? with a similar cowl and primer set up,
but the cowl had been all busted up and re-welded…….
perhaps from too much idling!

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February 1, 2019 at 9:29 am #165632
davidk
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It’s a sort of a bumper to keep it from shaking to violently while trolling. . .

Thanks, Gary, I was hoping you’d chime in. So it presses up against the tiller handle, metal to metal, and that doesn’t scare off the fish? I thought it would hook onto something somewhere. or that they had extra levers at the factory and they bolted these on just for more bling.
February 1, 2019 at 2:02 pm #165671
Anonymous
It stops the motor torque from turning the motor when roping over the motor when starting. The alternative is the motor turning and throwing you out of the boat and the boat turning to run you over after you fall overboard.
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