It did turn out to be a pretty good looking motor. It was very faded before I painted it. Luckily the logo survived well, so I only needed to mask that off and spray the blue. It doesn't look quite as good up close as in the video, but it's not bad. It runs beautifully just as my other 67 Fastwin does. It hasn't been on the water in a few years. I'm probably run it again this year sometime. Thanks for watching!
That motor looks brand new. Fantastic job. I like the view over the bow looking forward and scanning the lake. You may want to consider doing that more often in your videos. Have a great Fourth.
John C Thank you. It turned out pretty nice. It has some scars close up but a nice regular runner. I like the boat ride view over the bow too. I do it more often when I get on Manistee Lake since it is so much bigger than the lake I run on at home. Thanks for watching!
Just bought a little 16' Sears aluminum fishing boat today in Holland MI with the same motor. Electric start, started right up. Guy I bought it from said its almost to much motor for the boat, lol. Cant wait to get it out on the Kalamazoo river soon. Great job on the paint job !
Congratulations on the new boat and motor. I'm looking forward to getting my Alumacraft K 16 footer on the lake this year. The Fastwin will push it along nicely. I run the OMC 18s on both my 12 footers, all three 14s and I'll run one on the 16 too. This one pushes the 14 foot Alumacraft FD at 24mph. Have fun, be safe, and thanks for watching!
Oh I can’t wait till my little 66 Gregor and fastwin are jammin on the lake. I shouldn’t have watched this video, now I’m thinking about how much easier electric start is. I know the bracket is hard to find because I’ve watched lots of videos on this motor. But I know my buddy and I can make a bracket, and I have a little starter motor that will probably work...and I have a steering console and throttle controls from my old boat that I’m sure I can rig to work on my Fastwin...this gonna be a long weekend waiting for my parts.... The motor we been discussing on the other video is for my little fishing boat, been using the 5.5 and 6, but after seeing this video man I’m excited to get that old ‘66 18hp running good. Your videos and advice are really teaching me a lot, I’ve always been intimidated by outboard motors for some reason...
Thanks Dave! It's a strong one too. It developed an idling issue that I need to address but it is the strongest 18hp I have and it had a TON of hours on it before I ever got a hold of it. It is a lot of fun to run this one and it did turn out to be a decent looking motor after cleaning it up and painting it. Thanks for watching!
Congratulations on your Fastwin! The boat side harness for the electric start plug is NLA as an OEM part and they tend to be quite rare to find in the wild. nymarine.ca sells a nice reproduction plug but it carries a nice price tag with it too. I have been kicking around the idea of trying to build my own harnesses for these since I am looking to run a pair of Fastwins on one of my FD Alumacrafts and I'd like to habe another harness for plugging into motors that still have the factory motor harness on them to be able to use the electric start that way. This one has the cables hard wired as it never had the motor side harness when I got it. Even making them myself, they'd be labor intensive and thus pricey if I would ever offer any for sale. Thanks for watching!
I have the same year n horsepower but no electric start n mine is not so clean as in decals n paint all mine is gone but it still has 120 lbs of compression. Evinrude motors are tanks
This one looked pretty rough when I bought it. The paint was mostly gone but the graphic still looked decent so I masked the graphics and gave it a coat of paint. This motor has TONS of hours on it, but still has great compression and runs very strong and is very reliable. These are great outboards. Thanks for watchnig!
Awesome fastwin! I have a 1968 and it runs just great! Thinking of putting in an electric start, what’s the part number on the starter bracket? Please let me know thanks!!
How do you lock the motor from jumping up in reverse. Also mine seems be be running pretty slow any advice I replaced the fuel pump a year ago and did spark plugs other than that no other work was done. Love the video
Brad Young This is a hobby. I am not a marine mechanic, but like to get out from behind my desk and do some wrenching to clear my head. Thanks for watching! I'm happy to hear you enjoy the videos.👍
I know you did the work like 5 years ago but do you remember what paint you used? Trying to figure out if I want to shell out the cash for rattle cans online or find something similar in a single stage automotive paint.
Yes. For this motor I used DupliColor GM Light Blue Metallic. It is actually a bluer color than the original paint, but it is a fair match and looks pretty good as long as an original isn't sitting next to it. It's a whole lot less expensive than the factory matched paint. Thanks for watching!
I do not have any videos on the starter and kill switch wiring of this motor. It does have the motor side harness bypassed. It has a starter solenoid mounted to the powerhead with an OMC bracket. This motor had some hack-job wiring on it that was just a rat's nest of corroded, half-insulated mess. I took all that off and wired the starter ro the on board solenoid. Wired the kill switch wires to a lanyard style switch. I mounted the switches to the lower cowl as you see in the video. All the wiring was routed out the kill button hole with a switch connected in line and just hanging on the wiring. It was a messy job to begin with. It's pretty clean now. Thanks for watching!
Do you know off hand what starter bracket will fit that JR? I am restoring one now and would like to add the electric but can't find a diagram with the electric start so assuming the bracket is off some other years not 63 to 70??
Hello! Sorry, I do not have a manual. I have a hard copy of the tenth edition Johnson service manual, but have very few specific manuals for any of my motors. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I have not worked on any Suzuki outboards. I do not have anything against them, but I have heard parts availability is not very good, the parts are expensive and they take a long time to get in many cases. I have heard they are good motors other than the issues with getting replacement parts. Thanks for watching!
What is a good value to put on a m.k motor like this. I might buy one for 100 bucks. It looks pretty nice he said it hasn't ran in 4 years and hasn't tried to start it yet this year
Do you have a part number for the starter? I would love to install an electric start on mine. I have the same motor, they're great.... great job on yours.
I don't know the part number for the starter off the top of my head. I can look it up. You still need the bracket and possibly the ring gear for the flywheel and a solenoid to be able to add the starter switch as I have done to this one. I got lucky when I found this motor as it already had all the necessary parts on it. It is the same starter that was used for all the 15 and 18 electric start motors from the 50s 60s and 70s. The bracket may be the hardest part to find. Try Marineengine.com for parts lookup and parts. Thanks for watching.
Oil mix ratio depends on the motor. This one is a 50:1 ratio motor. Prior to 1964 OMC motors 10hp and up were 24:1 mix ratio and the 7.5 and 5.5.5hp were 16:1. The 3hp didn't always follow this rule but you're always safe at 16:1 with 7.5 and under OMC motors. Thanks for watching!
They are excellent engines, indeed. The prop should be matched to your setup. What can you tell me about your boat and how you typically load it? This will help me recommend a suitable prop. Thanks for watching!
@@mikewoodworth4127 Nice boat! With your setup I'd probably run a 9x10 3-blade prop for your general purposes. If you're running empty, you may get a little more speed from a 9.25x11P. If you have more than 2 people and gear you may benefit somewhat from a 9x9.
I used DupliColor GM Light Blue Metallic from O'Reilly on this motor. The graphics are original and I just masked them off. They were in decent shape still, but the paint was terrible. On a '68 the hood is white with a blue stripe on each side and a red stripe that wraps around the back. The cost of the decals is approximately proportional to the accuracy to original. Discontinued Decals online has very good reproductions. Nymarine may have them too and theirs are usually excellent. Less expensive vinyl repops are available on Ebay from Sebastari that are decent and if you're not trying to be as close to original as possible they work well. I redid the hood of my '68 Fisherman with his decals and it turned out decent. It is in one of my very early videos if you want to see the results. Thanks for watching.
I did a series of videos on tuning up classic OMCs. The motor I did the series on is a 1959 Evinrude 18hp. Water pump service is exactly the same on this motor.
Rusty Shakleford I have to check the prop dimensions. I believe it is a 10P or 11P prop though. I know it's steeper than 9. Yes, thus 18 has LOTS of time in it and it still has as much grunt left in it as any I have run so far. This same motor/prop combo pushed my Alumacraft FD at 24mph with myself and my daughter on board. It's a hoot to run. Thanks for watching!
Hello! I have a 1970 fastwin 18hp. Do you know where i can get parts for it? Have a little issue with the acceleration and the fuel in highspeed. Best regards Johan from Sweden
BRP / Evinrude still supplies carburetor repair kits, coils, points, condensers, water pump and gearcase parts for these. You may also be able to buy Sierra Marine parts for your motor through auto parts stores? I'm not sure how that works in Sweden. Try Marineengine.com too. I do not know about their international shipping, but I know they have the parts. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I do sell a few motors every year. I rarely sell an 18, but I have a few motors for sale. A couple of 5.5s and a couple 10s at the moment. Thanks for watching!
No charging system even available for the electric start 18s. I get well over 100 starts on a charge of a small battery on this motor. Even my 40hp Big Twin doesn't have the generator option. I can start that motor for weeks on a charge of a standard size marine starting battery without needing to recharge it. I'm not running extra electric accessories on that battery. It is used for starting the engine only. Thanks for watching.
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 I just put a starter on my 1964 28 HP Speedi twin. Yeah I see they were belt driven gennies. Some on ebay but I have 50 merc 4 cylinder that needs an alternator and trigger so I would rather spend the money on that
@@L2fish Yes, belt driven generator. Unless.you really need the charging system and it is anquite permanent installation, I find it unnecessary. It also adds more weight to an already rather heavy powerplant. If you don't run a bunch of accessories and/or you have a separate starting battery it isn't worth the effort and extra wiring and weight IMO.
That one should be on a stand on display, of course that is a waste of such a lovely motor. She should be showed off. So good looking. Love it. ❤
It did turn out to be a pretty good looking motor. It was very faded before I painted it. Luckily the logo survived well, so I only needed to mask that off and spray the blue. It doesn't look quite as good up close as in the video, but it's not bad. It runs beautifully just as my other 67 Fastwin does. It hasn't been on the water in a few years. I'm probably run it again this year sometime. Thanks for watching!
I bought recently the same motor, same year, manual start...it run very nice, like yours...ciao dall' Italia 👋👍💪
Congratulations on your new motor! These are excellent! My favorite motors and I run these a lot. Thanks for watching!
That motor looks brand new. Fantastic job. I like the view over the bow looking forward and scanning the lake. You may want to consider doing that more often in your videos. Have a great Fourth.
John C Thank you. It turned out pretty nice. It has some scars close up but a nice regular runner. I like the boat ride view over the bow too. I do it more often when I get on Manistee Lake since it is so much bigger than the lake I run on at home. Thanks for watching!
Just bought a little 16' Sears aluminum fishing boat today in Holland MI with the same motor. Electric start, started right up. Guy I bought it from said its almost to much motor for the boat, lol. Cant wait to get it out on the Kalamazoo river soon. Great job on the paint job !
Congratulations on the new boat and motor. I'm looking forward to getting my Alumacraft K 16 footer on the lake this year. The Fastwin will push it along nicely. I run the OMC 18s on both my 12 footers, all three 14s and I'll run one on the 16 too. This one pushes the 14 foot Alumacraft FD at 24mph. Have fun, be safe, and thanks for watching!
Boy she is snappy!!! :) Back in the day a lot of kids and some adults learned to water ski behind those old 18's :)
David Elton Yessir, she is berry snappy! This motor us a lot of fun to run. One of my favorites to have on the boat. Thanks for watching!
I love the sound of an outboard!
Oh I can’t wait till my little 66 Gregor and fastwin are jammin on the lake. I shouldn’t have watched this video, now I’m thinking about how much easier electric start is. I know the bracket is hard to find because I’ve watched lots of videos on this motor. But I know my buddy and I can make a bracket, and I have a little starter motor that will probably work...and I have a steering console and throttle controls from my old boat that I’m sure I can rig to work on my Fastwin...this gonna be a long weekend waiting for my parts....
The motor we been discussing on the other video is for my little fishing boat, been using the 5.5 and 6, but after seeing this video man I’m excited to get that old ‘66 18hp running good. Your videos and advice are really teaching me a lot, I’ve always been intimidated by outboard motors for some reason...
Great looking motor!
Flight Sim Joe Thank you and thanks for watching!!
Had a 1965 18hp . Looked just like yours. Sure do miss it.
Yep, the 65 is the same motor other than the graphics on the cover. They're great motors. My favorites! Thanks for watching!
Man that’s a pretty motor, nice job !
Thanks Dave! It's a strong one too. It developed an idling issue that I need to address but it is the strongest 18hp I have and it had a TON of hours on it before I ever got a hold of it. It is a lot of fun to run this one and it did turn out to be a decent looking motor after cleaning it up and painting it. Thanks for watching!
Great little engine super motor very quiet
This is one of my favorites. Thanks for watching!
This is one of my favorites. Thanks for watching!
Gorgeous!
Thank you and Thanks for watching!
Just picked up a fastwin today and saw your setup on forum haha. I’m looking for some info on the 4 prong plug for the electric start
Congratulations on your Fastwin! The boat side harness for the electric start plug is NLA as an OEM part and they tend to be quite rare to find in the wild. nymarine.ca sells a nice reproduction plug but it carries a nice price tag with it too. I have been kicking around the idea of trying to build my own harnesses for these since I am looking to run a pair of Fastwins on one of my FD Alumacrafts and I'd like to habe another harness for plugging into motors that still have the factory motor harness on them to be able to use the electric start that way. This one has the cables hard wired as it never had the motor side harness when I got it. Even making them myself, they'd be labor intensive and thus pricey if I would ever offer any for sale. Thanks for watching!
Love it!!
Thank you and thanks for watching!
I have the same year n horsepower but no electric start n mine is not so clean as in decals n paint all mine is gone but it still has 120 lbs of compression. Evinrude motors are tanks
This one looked pretty rough when I bought it. The paint was mostly gone but the graphic still looked decent so I masked the graphics and gave it a coat of paint. This motor has TONS of hours on it, but still has great compression and runs very strong and is very reliable. These are great outboards. Thanks for watchnig!
Awesome fastwin! I have a 1968 and it runs just great! Thinking of putting in an electric start, what’s the part number on the starter bracket? Please let me know thanks!!
How do you lock the motor from jumping up in reverse. Also mine seems be be running pretty slow any advice I replaced the fuel pump a year ago and did spark plugs other than that no other work was done. Love the video
Are you a marine mechanic or is this a hobby, enjoy all your videos.
Brad Young This is a hobby. I am not a marine mechanic, but like to get out from behind my desk and do some wrenching to clear my head. Thanks for watching! I'm happy to hear you enjoy the videos.👍
I know you did the work like 5 years ago but do you remember what paint you used? Trying to figure out if I want to shell out the cash for rattle cans online or find something similar in a single stage automotive paint.
Yes. For this motor I used DupliColor GM Light Blue Metallic. It is actually a bluer color than the original paint, but it is a fair match and looks pretty good as long as an original isn't sitting next to it. It's a whole lot less expensive than the factory matched paint. Thanks for watching!
Привет! Мотор выглядит очень нарядным и работает как новый.Неужели в навигаторе скорость в милях? Это очень быстро 42 км в час для старого мотора!
Do you have any videos on your starter switch and kill switch mods? Is this wiring harness bypassed?
I do not have any videos on the starter and kill switch wiring of this motor. It does have the motor side harness bypassed. It has a starter solenoid mounted to the powerhead with an OMC bracket. This motor had some hack-job wiring on it that was just a rat's nest of corroded, half-insulated mess. I took all that off and wired the starter ro the on board solenoid. Wired the kill switch wires to a lanyard style switch. I mounted the switches to the lower cowl as you see in the video. All the wiring was routed out the kill button hole with a switch connected in line and just hanging on the wiring. It was a messy job to begin with. It's pretty clean now. Thanks for watching!
Do you know off hand what starter bracket will fit that JR? I am restoring one now and would like to add the electric but can't find a diagram with the electric start so assuming the bracket is off some other years not 63 to 70??
Do you have a Manual for this 1967 18hp Fastwin Evinrude? Perhaps as a PDF to send by mail? Big greetings from Germany
Hello! Sorry, I do not have a manual. I have a hard copy of the tenth edition Johnson service manual, but have very few specific manuals for any of my motors. Thanks for watching!
Great vids.. Do have any knowlege or have you worked on any early 80,s Suzuki small outboards and how do you like them Thanks
Thank you. I have not worked on any Suzuki outboards. I do not have anything against them, but I have heard parts availability is not very good, the parts are expensive and they take a long time to get in many cases. I have heard they are good motors other than the issues with getting replacement parts. Thanks for watching!
Hi i just came by this exact engine in France and im now looking to put an electric start and remotes. Any advice as what to use for this?
What is a good value to put on a m.k motor like this. I might buy one for 100 bucks. It looks pretty nice he said it hasn't ran in 4 years and hasn't tried to start it yet this year
Do you have a part number for the starter? I would love to install an electric start on mine. I have the same motor, they're great.... great job on yours.
I don't know the part number for the starter off the top of my head. I can look it up. You still need the bracket and possibly the ring gear for the flywheel and a solenoid to be able to add the starter switch as I have done to this one. I got lucky when I found this motor as it already had all the necessary parts on it. It is the same starter that was used for all the 15 and 18 electric start motors from the 50s 60s and 70s. The bracket may be the hardest part to find. Try Marineengine.com for parts lookup and parts. Thanks for watching.
What percentage of oil do you use?
Oil mix ratio depends on the motor. This one is a 50:1 ratio motor. Prior to 1964 OMC motors 10hp and up were 24:1 mix ratio and the 7.5 and 5.5.5hp were 16:1. The 3hp didn't always follow this rule but you're always safe at 16:1 with 7.5 and under OMC motors. Thanks for watching!
I have the exact engine, same shape, There excellent engines, What prop should I be using ? Where too buy ? Thanks
They are excellent engines, indeed. The prop should be matched to your setup. What can you tell me about your boat and how you typically load it? This will help me recommend a suitable prop. Thanks for watching!
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 Trailered, Fishing....
15 ft 1950 Crestliner Buccaneer 35 inches deep, Oak gunnel rail...... Thanks
@@mikewoodworth4127 Nice boat! With your setup I'd probably run a 9x10 3-blade prop for your general purposes. If you're running empty, you may get a little more speed from a 9.25x11P. If you have more than 2 people and gear you may benefit somewhat from a 9x9.
Thanks for the information..... See u on the Lake 👍
@@mikewoodworth4127 You're welcome!
What did you use for the refinish? I have a new to me 68 that I'm planning on fixing up soon.
I used DupliColor GM Light Blue Metallic from O'Reilly on this motor. The graphics are original and I just masked them off. They were in decent shape still, but the paint was terrible. On a '68 the hood is white with a blue stripe on each side and a red stripe that wraps around the back. The cost of the decals is approximately proportional to the accuracy to original. Discontinued Decals online has very good reproductions. Nymarine may have them too and theirs are usually excellent. Less expensive vinyl repops are available on Ebay from Sebastari that are decent and if you're not trying to be as close to original as possible they work well. I redid the hood of my '68 Fisherman with his decals and it turned out decent. It is in one of my very early videos if you want to see the results. Thanks for watching.
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 Been a long time viewer. Thanks so much for the info!
@@samuelhall4056 You're welcome and thank you for being a long time viewer. 👍
Got the same motor as yours but ours isnt putting out water. How'd you go about installing a new water pump?
I did a series of videos on tuning up classic OMCs. The motor I did the series on is a 1959 Evinrude 18hp. Water pump service is exactly the same on this motor.
Is that the 9x9 prop on the leg? I could only get 21-22mph with a 20 horse and a 9x9
That 18 has some get up an go left in her
Rusty Shakleford I have to check the prop dimensions. I believe it is a 10P or 11P prop though. I know it's steeper than 9. Yes, thus 18 has LOTS of time in it and it still has as much grunt left in it as any I have run so far. This same motor/prop combo pushed my Alumacraft FD at 24mph with myself and my daughter on board. It's a hoot to run. Thanks for watching!
Oh, thats clean
Thank you. It is a repaint. It was gross when I bought it. I'm happy with how it turned out. Thanks for watching!
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 you have so good videos. Can you test Suzukis and Yamahas too?
@@Akkede Thank you. I'm glad you enjoy the videos. I'm mostly into 50s and 60s OMC but if I ever get a Suzuki or Yammie to test I'll make a video.
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 okay, I have one motor what i want to see and its Suzuki maybe 80's but Keep going👍
evinrude motors in the 50's were classic 57 chevys while the 60's look more space age i think
Yes, I completely agree. Thatbis a very good way to describe the styling. Thanks for watching!
Hello! I have a 1970 fastwin 18hp. Do you know where i can get parts for it? Have a little issue with the acceleration and the fuel in highspeed. Best regards Johan from Sweden
BRP / Evinrude still supplies carburetor repair kits, coils, points, condensers, water pump and gearcase parts for these. You may also be able to buy Sierra Marine parts for your motor through auto parts stores? I'm not sure how that works in Sweden. Try Marineengine.com too. I do not know about their international shipping, but I know they have the parts. Good luck and thanks for watching!
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 thanks for quick reply! I will check this out right away.
Sharp motor
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Do you ever sell these?
I do sell a few motors every year. I rarely sell an 18, but I have a few motors for sale. A couple of 5.5s and a couple 10s at the moment. Thanks for watching!
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 how does one reach you? Love the old Evinrudes, grew up on them as a kid...Thanks for the reply.
Do you have the charging system on that motor?
No charging system even available for the electric start 18s. I get well over 100 starts on a charge of a small battery on this motor. Even my 40hp Big Twin doesn't have the generator option. I can start that motor for weeks on a charge of a standard size marine starting battery without needing to recharge it. I'm not running extra electric accessories on that battery. It is used for starting the engine only. Thanks for watching.
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 I just put a starter on my 1964 28 HP Speedi twin. Yeah I see they were belt driven gennies. Some on ebay but I have 50 merc 4 cylinder that needs an alternator and trigger so I would rather spend the money on that
@@L2fish Yes, belt driven generator. Unless.you really need the charging system and it is anquite permanent installation, I find it unnecessary. It also adds more weight to an already rather heavy powerplant. If you don't run a bunch of accessories and/or you have a separate starting battery it isn't worth the effort and extra wiring and weight IMO.
@@oldjohnnyrude8404 I agree. I was thinking the same thing