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West Wight Potter Mailing List maintainer
dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us
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Greetings, all:
I cannot recommend the Evinrude / Johnson 4HP 2-cylinder 2 cycle, even
though its specs are attractive. I've now owned 2. The older one, circa
mid seventies was a delight, always started eventually, and even ran under
load (on a bet, when I was trading it in on a new 92) for over an hour with
no water pump impeller.
But the new one was another story. First, no manual rope starting
capability; the spring rewind was a sealed unit, so when the sash cord broke
it was $65.00 for a new recoil start unit. Plus you were through for the
day. Older model had exposed flywheel with notch which allowed starting with
recoil system kaput. Also, replaceable spring was about 7.00 and sash cord
was free. Also, 92 was very sensitive to carburetor gum formation,
something the 76apparently didn't know about. Prop on the 92 was plastic
vice metal on the 76.
92 did have the neat saddle tank I described earlier, and had a neutral
gear. Both plusses.
Hope this helps,
Mac Davis
Kelpie, WWP19#804
Aripeka, FL
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From: <SolarFry@aol.com>
To: <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 11:53 AM
Subject: Johnson/Evinrude (E/J) 4 or Nissan 5 HP?
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> West Wight Potter Mailing List maintainer
> dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us
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> I am looking for a smooth idling, smooth running motor for my fixed up 13'
> Sovereign so I can take her sailing out the inlet and offshore again.
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> I would like to hear from you guys owning the 5HP Nissan 4 stroke (on sale
at
> BoatUS for 995) on reliability, starting ease, shake at idle and
smoothness.
> I'm sure the group in general would love to get an idea...
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> Any E/J 4hp users want to add comments?
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> the Nisssan weights in at 55 lbs and the E/J 4hp at 38 lbs. Nissan has
2yr.
> wty and E/J has a 1 year.
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> Best
> SF
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