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I used longer screws and used my deep dish 4mm 1'4 drive Craftsman socket to break the extra lenght off. First time I ever used my 4mm deep dish, knew there must be a use!

It's cold here 31 this morning, just came back across the lake in my open jon boat to deliver a set of plans to my concrete guy. No snow here, anyone have any snow pictures to post, with boat or not. Snowed here last year and year before, but was 10 plus years before that, do miss it to help get in ...

Wood boats are simple to work on, once you get going.

Mine came apart and went back together very easily. Some may disagree!


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For ginding I would use a 10,000rpm 4" grinder with 30 grit paper, I would use a utility knife to carve any remaining material. Maybe a dremel tool! For a hole I see nothing wrong with a circular tapered plug expoxed inplace! All this went thru my mind as my engine was trying to fly up in my Cr...

Depending on the condition of the transon, you may be able to remove it, and then dissasemble it and clean up each board, by running it thur a thickness planner ( remove less than a 1/16 on each side) and put it back to gether. I was able to do that with mine, only had to replace one inner board aro...

Nothing available for tilt in 57, but CMC unit would work

Brain

This may be it, check part number carefully, at one point sellers, says, 60,65,75,80,85, and 100 which are all 4 cyl, and then says he purchased it for 3 cyl 70 hp, most likey not the same unit.140473085962

It's new old stock on ebay 140473085962, has another 5 days or so.

Brain

Marget at North Shore is amazing, they have nos old parts, almost everthing you would need. Bought a 1973 6hp nos crakshaft for my granddaughters, 6 hp Johnson she rebuilt.

There is a tilt unit for you, they were very comon. Should be a lot of used ones around.

Water has droped about 7 inches or so in the last 2 weeks, and I was able to see stump today, lake been flooded 55 years and stump is still solid. It is in about 3 feet of water at present, right at surface. It is now marked with a white fender. It the water drops 3 more feet, which is unlikely we w...

short version is go slow, and brace as you remove parts, take pictures and try to go back in same holes, with slightly bigger screws and nails

The 1973 70hp did have their problems with the electroic ignition system. I was a Evinrude factory trained mechanic back then, the 75 were more dependable. Gas was biggest isue. The 70 hp was faster and had more low end thrust.

Total damage is very slight, removed gearcase and found the lower shift was pulled out of shift rod conector, no damge. Will go back together without any new parts other than, shear pin and plastic prop nut. Will replace water pump and housing, been 8 years, about time for new one! Did tow Cruiser's...

Weight should not make a difference, however gas will be most likely 3 times as much. Top speed with drop about 3 to 5 mph with the old 75. I would still go with the 75 for show and the 70 for every day boating. they use the same holes and steering, it is an hour swap from one engine to other. I run...

No pfd, did wish for a minute or so I had a kill switch. Was very pleased to see the small amount of damage to engine.