Starting an Evinrude 150 outboard for the first time in years 

Because the gear selector was stuck and the controls had been forced I assumed that had caused the bend in the rod but apparently that is factor bent. More information in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ufy6W9EI1cg.html

Dangar is about the best marine advice anywhere. Most keep this info to themselves so they can rip us off. Thanks to Dangar I’ve been able to do most servicing and repairs myself.

Spacer washer, “Probably near the end of its life”. As it comes off in four pieces. I love the non judgmental, positive attitude of this guy. ;)

7 years and video is still gold .. well done

Only halfway through my second YT clip mate, Awesome tutorial... Takes great guys like you to do these for the benefit of others... Top shelf as another poster said....

You Sir, have the patience of Job. How you remember where all those parts go back amazes me. I hope your friend paid you well for that long day of work.

Coming back to this video after a long time, I reckon it's INCREDIBLY interesting and informative. So much knowledge and common sense in your diagnostic and troubleshooting process. Many thanks. Stay healthy and safe in the Coronavirus crisis.

Thanks a million! I have a 1960 75 seahorse and I’m getting ready to set the timing tomorrow. I have the Johnson factory service manual but there’s nothing like watching someone walk you through it. The belt timing marks are confusing. Easy to line up the flywheel, but the alignment marks on the magneto look different than the manual.

Good job, I like the way you show everything step by step

Great videos!! Just bought a boat w/Evinrude 130. It's been sitting for 4+ years. Your vids give me the confidence of taking on certain tasks. Thanks again.

Superb account demonstrating a first class skill set - well done. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this.

My first trip by outboard was 1958. Had no idea what the drive shaft and gear selector looked like. Now I do. So grateful for your patient teaching ability.

one of your best videos for people who just use our engines, thank you very much from Cancun Mexico

Thank you for taking the time and making this, I just bought a 225 johnson outboard that hasn't run in sometime and this video is an excellent run through of what to expect and how to deal with these issues. Awesome job bud.

This video is exactly what my boat project is like in a nutshell. Having a blast and learning a shit ton of useful skills and information.

Can't tell you how much I appreciate your vids. I have learned a few keys watching your vids that are of immense value. I am a pretty good DIY mechanic but boat motors are a completely new learning experience for me. I have an 80 horse Merc that's been sitting on a boat in my backyard for about 20 years. Solenoid went out on it and at the time I did not know how to troubleshoot it and fix it. Over the last 3-4 years I have gained some working knowledge of the outboards and now I need to see about getting it started back up! When I acquired the motor had a fairly fresh rebuild on it so I am hoping I can get it up and going. Thanks again. You are great at teaching with clear and simple explanations.

Thanks for posting this. It is great to see what you get when somebody combines a lot of skill and problem solving ability with a lot of knowledge and experience. One thing about these youtube videos is they should help people appreciate what workmanship looks like, and what you pay for if you get a good mechanic.

Great Vid as usual Stu, I have this same engine in 225 HP that's been sitting a few years. I've been looking for a video like this, Thank you sir.

The explanations are excellent. The camera work is excellent. I particularly appreciate the 'real world' vibe to the overall video. I also very much appreciate the explanations differentiating what is bad, vs. what is expected. It eliminates ambiguity. Thanks for the thoroughness and excellent effort put into the production.

Thanks for your great videos, I am trying to revive a Johnson 112 that I got for practically nothing. This video provides a lot of useful info for a complete novice, and especially was helpful in showing how to release the lower unit shift linkage, as I prepare to pull off the powerhead in next couple of days. Thanks, keep them coming!

I too enjoyed the discovering and troubleshooting as you went along! Very useful information and really enjoy your no-nonsense approach! Thank you!

I had mine at a shop that was "starting an Evinrude 150 for the first time in years". Theirs was a bigger challenge .. inside the air box full up to second carb was bat poop! I recognized the little pellets to be what was also inside my "new to me" motor. The shop says the bat guano is corrosive required rebuilding of all carbs! The little critters come in the 'hand grip' opening of the bonnet top cover where there ought to have been a screen! I appreciated the education and put steel wool to plug my bat hole!

Thank you for the very informative videos. I have inboard experience and hardly any outboard knowledge. Our recent purchase is an 86 Welcraft center console with a 1995 175 Johnson and it started having problems right away. Turns out, after replacing the power pack, coils and rebuilding all six carbs that the optical sensor was contaminated with oil and dirt. The shift was also screwed up do to my moving it while changing the water pump impeller. Thanks to your videos on these engines, I now have a running outboard that should last for quite a few years.

got a 1990 18'6" sea ray w/ mercury 135 I have been putting off getting running and thanks to you i'm about to go start working on. THANK YOU!!

Thank you so much for all the insides of starting a long sitting motor. I have a Suzuki DF225 (94), I checked and run it beautifully in 5 years ago on water muffs, all 6 are 125 . The motor is very clean with little or no corrosion on legs and trim. I ll following your teaching to go through it before firing her up.

Magnificent. Such a great journey to see just what and how these motors work but also the differences between the smaller and larger Motors. I am impressed with your decision making and communication skills. Very easy to listen to, watch and learn. As a teacher myself I would be happy to show some of my students as your production quality and candid instruction really makes the viewer feel they are there with you and have done a 6 / 7 hour day as well (but not in the way). Surprisingly, I just Googled you and found you are only about an hour away as I’m in Lake Macquarie (Rathmines). I / we really appreciate your videos. Keep up the quality and instruction. Very, very interesting. Thank you. 🙏

I feel your pain. My boat had set up almost 8 years. Luckily mine was a fresh water boat.

Having just cracked open a 1976 Mercury 204 and comparing the condition of both our motors.. You have filled me with confidence.

Great vid ... showed a lot. Thanks. My 150 Ficht sat for 14 years! I got her running and she runs like a champ.

Great video, Thank you!. I watched the entire vid and learned at ton man. The steps you took made perfect sense to me. That nifty starter remote is brilliant! Very informative, well explained and may I say entertaining at times too :) I hope you have as much fun making the vids as they are to watch. Happy to have found your channel, why you don't have more subs is baffling. Cheers, Ed from Canada!

You have a fan in France, I've told all my friends to watch your vids, such valuable information for free. Thank you for all the time you have put into this project it's very much appreciated. You should get a dog to keep you company while working. Frank.

I'm glad I watched this video. I sold my boat but if you've ever had one you know what I'm talking about. I love vid's showing the refurbishing of engines ect. If this guy isn't an Instructor at some kind of school, he should be. Very easy to understand and follow. Nice editing sir.

I recently purchased a bass boat with a 150 intruder two stroke and after watching this I feel alittle better about this old thumper I have pushing me around. Great video keep up the good stuff!

Thanks as always for your great video. This one was very interesting to see such an old motor which hadn't been run in such a long while still in relatively OK nick. Sign of the protective oils applied to the outside and the way it was winterised I guess? Your communication skills are excellent and I very much enjoy watching and learning from your great videos, thanks and good luck with everything.

Super video! Very useful as always. Thanks so much. Tom

It's an older video & I'm super happy to have come across it! I've been given an old ski boat with a Mercury 115 outboard & it's not been started or ran in many years. While this is about an Evinrude I'm fairly certain all the principles you talk about are the same & I learned a great deal from just this video alone! I wanted to thank you even though this didn't go where you intended it's an excellent resource for me & others I'm sure & I'm thrilled it's available. Will be subbing as well but thanks again for leaving this here, a job very well done imho. Cheers from British Columbia Canada

I went thru the same struggles with my 175. Carb bowls full of 2 stroke motor oil. Once I cleaned these out it ran well. Changed the water pump last year, wish I would have seen this video first, the shift rod was an absolute pain in the butt to re connect. But all is good now. Motor runs like a beast, just wants to run and love it's sound when I'm flushing it out after a trip out in the salt water.

Great vid. I learned a lot. Keep the vids coming.

I’m not looking to really service this motor. Proceeds to sort of service the motor. I love it mate.

Stu, finally got the boat. Been watching your videos for years. I'm going back to the basics with this video and applying what you taught. Starting with the gear box oil. Cheers man!

A great real world video. Glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't have things turn out as expected.

You are a complete loon. Thank you. I can't stop watching your videos. Sadly, I have a no need to but you are such a terrific teacher.

thank you very much for making such useful videos.

Thanks for doing this video. It contained so much information. Yes, it took a while but the results are great. Most appreciated!

This, too me, was an awesome video. When a Technician produces a video for one reason, then finds out things don't work right, then goes through the process of troubleshooting for that failure, it makes for a very great video to the watcher. I have learned so much from this video. I know much more than you expected, and I thank you for that. Just want you to know that I found this video so very informative, and I find that you are a well learned outboard technician......Thank you very much for the video.......wish you lots of good days in your endevours..

Great quality videos keep it up👍👌

"Welcome to the wonderful world of old outboards" :) Its a lot of salty fun here in Florida too. You're doing a great job on your videos keep up the fantastic work

Great video! Enjoyed it very much! Those old Johnson/Evinrude 150's were GREAT engines! I had the 90hp V4 version and just loved it.

Another new subscriber here! I love how calm you are and how methodically you work through each scenario and situation. i would love to see part 2 showing the motor running like new! Great job!

Well done lad !!

Dude that was outstanding...love your video s

Thanks for the video! Everything you didn’t intend on doing was everything I needed to see. Great work.

Very informative and well presented, and it's very generous of you to share your knowledge. Thanks. Rob

thanks mate i cant afford mechanics but am handy with a spanner youve taught me heaps

I do a lot of scuba like yourself and getting on to the point over starting an engine with a propeller, i got asked to remove a rope that had got stuck around a prop, so under the boat in diving gear with the keys removed from the ignition i started getting the rope off. I started pulling the rope and cutting it off . The engine was a large inboard engine and was at the top of compression when i pulled the rope the engine did a good 2 revolutions if my arm was in the way would of done some damage just food for thought, But a very good point you brought up like the videos and keep them coming.

Six years on and still very helpful,all the best from the uk.

thanks for taking the time to do this video. very helpful.

This reminds me of a 1950's Evinrude that I was given in the 80's and ran for years.

I don’t like anything two-stroke, but Stu covers every engine he works on with methodical thought and immediate precision that I learn why he focuses on the obvious and reasons why he leaves others for later attention. Thank You, Stu!

The attention to detail and dedication to excellence separates the common from the uncommon. You sir, based on what you show, by your demonstration -- not self-lauding praise -- are among the uncommon. The Excellent. It is noted and admired. I mean that.

Everytime I took my fussy evenrude to my Evenrude Tech Randy, he said I told you to buy the Honda dummy. Lol, he fixed these 25 yrs, and knew their short comings well, like the difference of a stihl saw, or a poulin saw, lots of fixing, now BRP in Canada revived Evenrude, heard they are better now

Good tips and informations for this Evinrunde, it would be Great if you 'd continue working on this Motor (lower unit seals, carbs cleaning/ setting etc.) 👍🏻👍🏻 thumbs up outboard guru!

I have a 115 and you gave me the confidence to put the water pump in myself.👍

You have made me feel good about the $$$ spent on my 1994-175hp version of this same motor. Thank You!

Better safe than sorry I know I'd want to know if my power rigging was a bit dodgy as you say good job

Hey Stu. As an American when I heard you say you were going to flush the carbs with fresh fuel and because it was dark you were going to use a torch to film it I momentarily had a flash panic moment haha.

You make it look so easy to service an outboard. One can see You definitely know what You're doing.

Really enjoyed your program on how outboards work ive learned a lot watching an talking thru what your doing very very helpful so thank you !!

Hey, excellent video! Thanks for sharing. Although you could've just taken the lower unit out and tried to start it before putting any effort into the trim and LU. But hey, more than 2 ways to skin a cat.

I just found this video, when you take outboard legs apart products like Loctite 771 Anti-seize will be your best friend. you use it on all bolts to stop them seiveing up

Excellent presentation, detailed and understandable, and i am not a boat guy. With motorcycles found Kano's Kroil to be a game changer when it comes to loosening rusted/corroded nuts/bolts. Well worth the price. Thanks.

I'm still watching your older videos Stu. This one seemed to be a lot more work then anticipated. Thanks.

I don’t own a boat or an outboard motor. But I can’t turn this off lol.

Excellent Video. Sloppy Certified. If people only knew how much free and good "know how" you are sharing here They would actually buy you a cold one. So many years of experience here, with every explanation.

Love all your videos, very informative from a genuine person who helps us all with our boats! 100% legend

Just watching a bunch of your videos and this one was very informative when i wasn't expecting it to be at all. Much better than i think you expected.

Didya know Rodney Rude has a brother? His name is Evin! Cheers Gray

Watching this makes me want to fix an outboard and I don't even own a boat or live anywhere near the water.

Great video! Ive just recently gone from working on Yamaha's to an 83 Johnson 70 I bought last year. No issues with the motor, but it did take me a while to figure out the shift linkage when doing water pump. Between you and Eric the Car Guy I'm all set!

Thank you for showing how to connect the shift pin! Your videos are very helpful!

Dangar Marineive + ive said it before your a great teacher...but can we have more beer drinking and frustrating looks just so we know you feel our pain...

thats how working on the jeep feels like sometimes

Thanks for all of your videos Dangar Stu. The video have taught me alot about boats and outboards. This has help with my first boat that I'm getting ready for summer. Thanks heaps.

as a former auto mechanic, I loved watching this video, kinda felt like watching Bob Ross on PBS, very nicely done relaxing and educational, thumbs up. Subbed.

28:56 Someone "mothballed," prepared engine for long-term storage by filling the fuel system with 100% two-stroke oil??? Displaces water and doesn't rot like gasoline.....

If the boat is named Joker 2......that should be your first clue.

Thanks , I enjoyed your easygoing attitude throughout the process !

Very good video. You are very good at instructing what you are doing and why, as well as pointing the cam. I enjoy these type of vids when things don't go as expected...that's real life stuff. Glad you were able to power through the problems and successfully start the motor. You certainly deserved your beer after that task. Cheers from San Diego in USA

I would change impeller after sitting 5 years

11mm is 7/16" , 13mm is 1/2" and 14mm is 9/16". Well, not exactly but close enough. In the USA we don't call it imperial we call it standard- as in standard and metric sockets, wrenches etc. Good video.

It is so good to know that I am not the only one that starts out with a 'simple, 4 hr job' that ends up 720 degrees and 24 hrs of labour later to what was expected. And in there also is some 45 degree rudder turns!Thursday I made up some floor mounts for the front seats and ground down the floor fibreglass for glassing the bases in, and hit water! So my seat mounts job now mean new floors due to wood rot , so due to work means 3 or four days in weeks time of itching and scratching .

Wow bro I own a 23 foot with a 99 evinruide 225 ficht I've been watching your videos for awhile now I've learned Alot from you you explain everything very good I appreciate you taking the time to explain your self great videos bro godbless stay healthy and safe ty

Iam a fict cirt . Omc mechinic sence 1987 IAM Crit. outboard 1 out board 2 fict cirt stern drive 1 and corbora cirt retired in 2005 l Good job on the shift rod, good job putting oil in the dry cyclenders.next time pull off the air box make shure nothing is there to get sucked in the carbs. Saves you carb jobs big time We use a remote starter and bump the starter once we add in the oil with the spark plugs out. "Why" did you not do a compresion ck 1st?,, after you removed the spark plugs?,? That would of told you sooo much!!! You would not have to do anything with the lower unit, if the the compression is bad. Means the power head is shot!!!!!! Also all that oil from the carbs was the boat owner winterized the carbs. Very common in our shop to see that. Use starting fluid to help srart the moter also yess wd40 works very well too its extreamly falimable we use it at our shop to start lower compression motors to start. It lubs as well as acts the same as starting fluid. Also you should of replaced the impleor and plate it was shot all those bent vains deffently bent it needed to be replaced. also we dont ever ever ever use red locktight on any lower unit screws omc used Omc gasget sealing compond never locktight youll not ever get those bolts back out. Only locktight we ever use is the 242 blue if we have too, Not the 271especaly not the vilot colored NOT EVER!!!!! Just trying to hlep you save time and money for your customer friend. Take care Ken

Love the video. Why do guys not wash off their engines with a good soap wash, especially around the ram lift. I always gave my Johnson 70 a good spray with WD-40. I sold my boat after 14 years of trouble free ocean use.

thanks for being thorough in explaining how its done

Really good video. Thorough, informative and to the point. Well done! I have a Johnson 225 that I am going through now so this video will add to my library of info on these V-6 motors.

at what point did you honestly consider blasting? lol, nothing quite like neglected aluminum to inspire wandering through rarely visited sections of the vocabulary. as usual, top shelf effort, and far more informative than a staged one with a "ringer" motor would be. also far better than if you had just glossed over the encountered problems without showing the trials and tribulations of doing so (like so many car repair channels, which seem to exist in an alternate universe that lacks corrosion, stripped screw heads, rounded bolts, and time consuming little pitfalls). you never fail to both inform, and impress!! the oil filled carb bowls certainly show why the plugs were black, lol. i bet they ran it off a bottle of evi 2 stroke oil until it stalled, lololol

Friend "Hey mate can you just check my motor for me?" Stu "No worries" 24 straight hours later....🤯

Oh the joys of old outboards. My 1976 75hp Johnson Stinger always seemed to throw up a new issue every time I wanted to go fishing 🎣

You are my go-to when I have boat issues.