Hi guys. I want to start of saying I am completely new to boat motors but am pretty good with a wrench.
I just got my very first Pontoon, 16ft 1972 Henry, Probably the smallest pontoon ever made, but my family loves it.
It came with a 50HP Evinrude VRO motor (made in 1997)
I have a few concerns with it an am hoping someone in the community is familiar with this motor. I think it may have some rigging done to it, but was hoping to get it back to factory specs.
I opened the top of the motor and cranked it noticing that there was a redish/orange wire with a clip on it arching sparks to the motor, not really sure, i started the motor up and touched it to the frame and it quit sparking but i rarely see red/orange ground wires.
On the front of the Motor there is a box, that looks similar to a airfilter box, but mentions timing and says 19 degrees BTC on the front of it. on the rear bottom of this box there is a hose input with nothing connected to it. I found a nearby hose that ran underneath the 'airfilter' looking box that was not connected, im pretty sure its supposed to be connected but i'd rather ask someone who knows more about this than myself.
There is a socket type plug with 3/4 wires (i'll have to check) that has pins in it for something to attach to. Not really sure what it is for, was thinking maybe a tachometer?
The person I bought the boat / 1997 Evinrude 50HP VRO said that that model did not have a charging system on it. Is this true? I ***umed all electric start motors came with a charging system. It does not charge the battery however, I replaced the car battery that was on it with an Optima Blue and it has to be charged after a few uses.
The motor does run, but sometimes will be a pain in the butt to get it to go. Once going the motor runs strong but trying to get it to initially go can be a process. I've added some photos on IMGUR to show my concerns with the hose/socket connector, and unidentified orange/red wire with clip.
Any suggestions would be amazing, just want to have a safe motor to take the kids out on without it being too rigged.
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
above is a link that has 3 pictures of my concern (scroll down on page to see all the pictures)
Thank you guys so much!
Jeremy & family.
I just got my very first Pontoon, 16ft 1972 Henry, Probably the smallest pontoon ever made, but my family loves it.
It came with a 50HP Evinrude VRO motor (made in 1997)
I have a few concerns with it an am hoping someone in the community is familiar with this motor. I think it may have some rigging done to it, but was hoping to get it back to factory specs.
I opened the top of the motor and cranked it noticing that there was a redish/orange wire with a clip on it arching sparks to the motor, not really sure, i started the motor up and touched it to the frame and it quit sparking but i rarely see red/orange ground wires.
On the front of the Motor there is a box, that looks similar to a airfilter box, but mentions timing and says 19 degrees BTC on the front of it. on the rear bottom of this box there is a hose input with nothing connected to it. I found a nearby hose that ran underneath the 'airfilter' looking box that was not connected, im pretty sure its supposed to be connected but i'd rather ask someone who knows more about this than myself.
There is a socket type plug with 3/4 wires (i'll have to check) that has pins in it for something to attach to. Not really sure what it is for, was thinking maybe a tachometer?
The person I bought the boat / 1997 Evinrude 50HP VRO said that that model did not have a charging system on it. Is this true? I ***umed all electric start motors came with a charging system. It does not charge the battery however, I replaced the car battery that was on it with an Optima Blue and it has to be charged after a few uses.
The motor does run, but sometimes will be a pain in the butt to get it to go. Once going the motor runs strong but trying to get it to initially go can be a process. I've added some photos on IMGUR to show my concerns with the hose/socket connector, and unidentified orange/red wire with clip.
Any suggestions would be amazing, just want to have a safe motor to take the kids out on without it being too rigged.
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
above is a link that has 3 pictures of my concern (scroll down on page to see all the pictures)
Thank you guys so much!
Jeremy & family.
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