Terramodel rde runs slow6/20/2023 When I arrived home and installed the clip, and looked things over, I found the cam follower roller that follows the cam on the ignition plate had been broken in half and disentigrated. Fisher was kind enough to “donate” it to the cause. A trip to John Fisher’s Marina was in order, and sure enough an old Evinrude Big Twin was laying in the weeds and had the exact clip that was needed. Upon arriving home and consulting the manual, this linkage should have had a clip to hold the linkage parts together. The carb linkage was stiff, she belched and burped at anything less than idle…regardless of how the carb needles were set, and the throttle linkage kept coming apart…leaving the motor to idle down and stop running.Īfter climbing over the divider of the Vagabond to get to the motor for on-the-spot repairs a dozen times, I couldn’t understand why Johnson would make a “friction fit” linkage for the throttle. ![]() Too bad such a fine motor isn’t in demand.Īs it didn’t sell, she was placed on my 1955 Feather Craft Vagabond for sea trials, and performed quite well…for a while. I dragged it all the way to the AMOCI meet in Constantine, MI…and never got a nibble. After finishing it up and testing it in a 55 gallon lake, I really wanted to sell it.
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