Just did this on my 175 Evinrude after finding one fitting leaking this season. All 3 fixed and ready for the water this weekend. Woohoo! Thanks Brandon!! I have loved your videos and it is great to put some of your wisdom to work. I doubt I would have ever bought my current boat if not for your videos. We love our Evinrude!! Tons of power, been very reliable other than a little issue with the neutral switch keeping us from starting. My little Glastron POS Bass boat is pretty darn fun! I enjoy it more than my previous ski boat. Just not as comfortable. Boy of boy though does it slice through the waves on a windy day. Keep up the great work Brandon - I always look forward to your content!!
Is it just me or are the Evinrude/Johnson V4 engines possibly the longest-lasting man-made devices ever to grace the face of the earth? They are like freaking military-grade.
Fuel line zip ties - didn't even know they existed. I've always used the best zip ties I could find (hopefully those small headed ones with the metal insert). Those ones you have with the sloped shoulder look great.
Your loctite research will lead you in the right direction. They will tell you exactly the formula that is right for this application. As I have found, MANY formulas are accidentally right for this application. Bonus. Hell yeah. I did very similar things to what you did when fixing my old OMC carb that had issues. Hell yeah.
15:53 It's impossible to find the right part. I looked, to the end of the earth with the greatest searching skills you can imagine. Besides one eBay guy who bought up all 10 parts from the OMC collapse it is N/A. Up to us to figure out a solution. As you/I did. Good luck!
It's a really weird design from OMC. I scratched my head for a week, then ordered NOS fittings. The clearance was not correct between all 3 carbs. I decided to sand one and then I went too small on the O.D. My fix was to use Loctite to take up the gap. What a weird fix, but it worked..for 20+ hours. Amazing. This fitting combination on the bottom of these carbs is extremely weird, not standard, and takes a hell of an engineering hat to work with. IIRC, I used heat, cold, shrink fit techniques, etc. Not an easy job. To have "not an easy job" right off a standard carb is a HUGE problem with the OMC carbs, IMO. We need a new carb bowl lower fully re-engineered for everybody to use POST OMC blow up. I feel like that could be a lucrative market.
@@BrandonsGarage Think I found two on Amazon that would work. 1/16npt - 1/8 npt strait adaptor to a 90 1/8 elbow 5/16 barb .... either could be shorten for height issues. both brass. I've even have shortened the overly long barbs. European car mechanic.
Thanks for the video Brandon. Question- is it ok to run a paper inline filter on a pre-mixed 2 stroke (50:1 mix)? Will this cause it to run lean? Thanks
Well, there is only one on the fuel line of this motor, which if it were a pinch longer makes the bend without issue. Others are the rear cooling hoses, which are still available.
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Link to the bowl?
Just did this on my 175 Evinrude after finding one fitting leaking this season. All 3 fixed and ready for the water this weekend. Woohoo! Thanks Brandon!! I have loved your videos and it is great to put some of your wisdom to work. I doubt I would have ever bought my current boat if not for your videos. We love our Evinrude!! Tons of power, been very reliable other than a little issue with the neutral switch keeping us from starting. My little Glastron POS Bass boat is pretty darn fun! I enjoy it more than my previous ski boat. Just not as comfortable. Boy of boy though does it slice through the waves on a windy day. Keep up the great work Brandon - I always look forward to your content!!
Is it just me or are the Evinrude/Johnson V4 engines possibly the longest-lasting man-made devices ever to grace the face of the earth? They are like freaking military-grade.
Thank you so much for your well instructive help. I just order these items for my carburetors, You are awesome!
Fuel line zip ties - didn't even know they existed. I've always used the best zip ties I could find (hopefully those small headed ones with the metal insert). Those ones you have with the sloped shoulder look great.
Here they are: amzn.to/3XDLu3z
Thanks!!!!@@BrandonsGarage
🇦🇺great work again
Your loctite research will lead you in the right direction. They will tell you exactly the formula that is right for this application. As I have found, MANY formulas are accidentally right for this application. Bonus. Hell yeah. I did very similar things to what you did when fixing my old OMC carb that had issues. Hell yeah.
Great job by the way 👍 your the Man
15:53 It's impossible to find the right part. I looked, to the end of the earth with the greatest searching skills you can imagine. Besides one eBay guy who bought up all 10 parts from the OMC collapse it is N/A. Up to us to figure out a solution. As you/I did. Good luck!
It's a really weird design from OMC. I scratched my head for a week, then ordered NOS fittings. The clearance was not correct between all 3 carbs. I decided to sand one and then I went too small on the O.D. My fix was to use Loctite to take up the gap. What a weird fix, but it worked..for 20+ hours. Amazing. This fitting combination on the bottom of these carbs is extremely weird, not standard, and takes a hell of an engineering hat to work with. IIRC, I used heat, cold, shrink fit techniques, etc. Not an easy job. To have "not an easy job" right off a standard carb is a HUGE problem with the OMC carbs, IMO. We need a new carb bowl lower fully re-engineered for everybody to use POST OMC blow up. I feel like that could be a lucrative market.
And, as mirrored in the video, I cracked every plastic fitting I touched in the assembly. As I said, really weird design from OMC.
I used to have no problems getting those fittings at Napa. All in brass.🤔
A 1/16"??
@@BrandonsGarage It was in San Diego. They catalogs 12ft down the counter. I'll look around.
@@BrandonsGarage Think I found two on Amazon that would work. 1/16npt - 1/8 npt strait adaptor to a 90 1/8 elbow 5/16 barb .... either could be shorten for height issues. both brass. I've even have shortened the overly long barbs. European car mechanic.
Fine work 🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Hey Brandon. What zip tie tightener/cutter do you use? Thank you. Nice job!!
Thanks for the video Brandon. Question- is it ok to run a paper inline filter on a pre-mixed 2 stroke (50:1 mix)? Will this cause it to run lean? Thanks
Just use a fuel tank anti siphon valve and just knock the ball out
Instead of tapping threads, could you just use some flux and solder it on like you would do a copper pipe on your house???
My fittings split too same bowl , how far are you from Houston,Tx. How much for the same fix?
Can you explain why the zip-ties are better than the hose clamps?
Where or how can I buy a Evinrude/Johnson Carb Float Gage like you use? Thank you.
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SS is so hard it's hard to mesh the threads to anything except SS.
What do you do for replacing the formed hoses on these old ones?
Well, there is only one on the fuel line of this motor, which if it were a pinch longer makes the bend without issue. Others are the rear cooling hoses, which are still available.
@@BrandonsGarage what year V4 is that one? I had a 79 that had four of them, but was able to make it work with two.
Can hardly even notice it, I mean er, notice what? 😆