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1968 Evinrude 6HP Yachtwin

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I am a new member.  I have recently acquired a 1968 Evinrude 6HP (Yachtwin).  I am interested in restoring it.  I am a complete novice at this and I’m looking for a good starting point to begin the restoration.  Any advice you may have would be very welcome.  I found a Service Manual online which I have attached for your interest.

Thanks for any suggestions you have,

Peter MacWilliam

Here’s a link to Art Dekalb’s five point plan

for resurrecting an old motor.

http://precisionservoutboard.com/about/arts-five-point-plan/

Good luck and welcome to the club.

Member of the MOB chapter. I live in Northwest Indiana

OK, so you really have a 68 Evinrude “fisherman” 6hp, correct?  Yachtwin is the 3hp model.

These are great engines, and it probably won’t take all that much to make a reliable daily runner out of it.

I would start with the basics, let’s drain the gear lube and have a look at it.  Remove the two large flat head screws and let the lube drain into a clean pan.  (DO NOT remove that phillips head screw of the shift linkage will fall apart).  The lube may be brown  in color, which is OK, just old.  Water contamination is indicated by “milky colored” lube.  Raw water spells big trouble, no lube at all is bad news as well.  Remove the propeller, check for fish line in the prop shaft seal.

Next, do a compression test on the engine.  These engines don’t have much compression, so readings between 70-80PSI are normal.  Extremely low or uneven compression spellls trouble.   Now check for spark.  No/weak spark on one or both cylinders means you will need to do ignition work, but you will need special tools to get that flywheel off/on.  Finally, there is the carburetor/fuel system to look at.

So, let us know how the gear lube looks and what the compression readings are, and well will go from there.  Don

Thanks Steve, I appreciate that.  I’ll check out the link.  Should be an interesting project.

I’m from Nova Scotia, Canada.

Hi Fleetwin,

No, to me, this does appear to be a Yachtwin 6HP, according to what is written on the cover, which I will include pics of.  It does say both “yachtwin” and “6” on the cover, which I believe means it is a 6HP.  But please explain if that is not correct.

I appreciate the advice you folks have offered but when I said I am a novice, I mean a total novice.  So what you’ve written to me and the link I looked at assume I have some knowledge, which I don’t.  I’ve attached a pic of my outboard motor.  Which nut or screw would you recommend I turn first?  I expect to take it entirely apart.  I am pretty sure it needs the carb redone.  One way or the other, I will figure this out, and once I get going I will begin to understand what next step to take but right now, I have no idea.

are these the “2 large flat head screws” you referred to?  (See attached pic)

That motor is ’84 or newer, so I’m not sure the earlier service info will apply.  Can you post a picture of the model ID plate ?  The Yachtwin designation means yours is a long-shaft version.

Sure.  Can you tell me where it might be located?

I have found the I’d plate but a lot of it is unreadable.  See pic.

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4 hp Evinrude Yachtwin Fuel System

• Thread starter clueseeker
• Start date Feb 24, 2013
• Feb 24, 2013

I know this question is going to sound stupid, but I don't know anything about outboard motors, so here goes: What type of fuel tank and hose do I need for the older model 4 hp Evinrude Yachtwin motor I just got from a storage bldg? The motor does appear to have a fuel pump...Are the tanks and hoses all the same but have different connectors? I guess the biggest question is if the hose needs a primer bulb or not. Thanks  

Supreme Mariner

Re: 4 hp Evinrude Yachtwin Fuel System For any OMC without a built in tank or pressure tank setup you need a single line tank, either metal or plastic, with a bulb and an OMC single line connector.  

• Feb 25, 2013

HighTrim said: For any OMC without a built in tank or pressure tank setup you need a single line tank, either metal or plastic, with a bulb and an OMC single line connector. Click to expand...

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