Took Rosario with her 1986 'Rude 50 in for a tune up and the guy who worked on it, sent it home with me with instructions that the control box was shot and the cables were stretched to the max. He said it will start and run without fast idle and I just need to idle it on the trailer until it is warmed up and then put it in gear and it would go. Not so. First, it will start and die, start and die. So, I had another boat mechanic take a look. He took apart carbs and said all was well there but found one plug a bit wet and thought it could be a leaking head gasket or something worse. He also found the timing off and corrected that and it ran better but still can't count on it firing up and warming up to run it off the trailer or away from the dock.
Thought I'd bite the bullet and buy a new control box and cables. Found list price was something over $400 for the works. Then I found a site for Teleflex control box and cables for under $300. So, do I need the stuff specifically for the Evinrude? Is there a better deal out there somewhere. The shifter part works fine but lifting the lever on the fast idle doesn't do a thing for it. BTW, Chuck C., Tim from Cascade Marine (?) called and gave me the part number for the spring I believe I need to release the reverse lock and it is being sent to me. Thanks.
Thought I'd bite the bullet and buy a new control box and cables. Found list price was something over $400 for the works. Then I found a site for Teleflex control box and cables for under $300. So, do I need the stuff specifically for the Evinrude? Is there a better deal out there somewhere. The shifter part works fine but lifting the lever on the fast idle doesn't do a thing for it. BTW, Chuck C., Tim from Cascade Marine (?) called and gave me the part number for the spring I believe I need to release the reverse lock and it is being sent to me. Thanks.
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