RIP 1977 Evinrude 140 two stroke...

[Lance Pearson]

One of the things I thought would likely need changing when I bought the boat to modernize it was the engine which matched the boat's age. Did not know when last run or how well. Took it to a dealer who ran compression on it and pull down with compressed air and it failed miserably. Cylinder pressures would have maybe made it run but they were all over the place 20 psi apart and it looked like two of the four cylinders had been worse. The mechanic said it looked to him like the motor had been overheated so we decided it was not worth trying to rebuild it which they flat refused to do saying it was a sort of foolish effort on an engine of that age which was also relatively inefficient when done if it even worked any better.

Fortunately, what I have in the boat allowed for that when I offered and bought it.

They had a superb Etec 175 2008 with low hours from a 21' bass boat where the owner just traded it for same thing but new to get another long term warranty. His price initially was too high but two days later with continued negotiation he got his price well down and included all the new parts like controls, cables, etc. tach and labor to put it on my boat and they removed the old one which will go to the scrap yard since existing would not work and we shook hands. They are putting it on the boat as part of their list this week and next as the parts come in and they fix the rest of the list..pull side tanks, remove any filter screens, new fuel hose, add spin on fuel and water filter and all new fuel hoses so I know when they are good. Just waiting on parts for the motor part. 20" size which will fit the transom..that's what came off it. The boat will have quite a bit more power with the big v6 two stroke with oil tank, fuel injection and tons of torque without the weight of a similar four stroke.

A reasonable compromise on his part and mine and I know exactly where the motor has been and he has taken care of it for the owner. It looks brand new. Did not ask about the hours preferring a known entity versus buying off ads, etc.

When it comes back all I have to to do to use it is add the vhf and gps/chart/sonar unit and the swim platform/ladder on one side, weather permitting.

Getting there....clean gelcoat and polish is last. The lights are all led bulbs now and I have two busses for negative and fused with spade fuses for the new items.

By late spring when weather permits we should be boating.

Lance