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For those who have viewed my progress on getting my 9.5 Evinrude running - 1.11.2017 before going to Eucumbene, went out on lake Hume for a test run, finally got it started and ran OK for about 20 minutes, Idles OK - Ran at full throttle OK until BANG, Smoke / Steam everywhere - Finally S--T itself.
What to do - Went to Leigh Martin Marine Wodonga and purchased 2017 15HP Mercury for a Great Price with all the goodies , put on boat ( Savage Kestrel) stowed gear, bed, ready to go 2.11.2017

2.11.2017 Arrived Anglers Reach late in day/ Unpacked, feed, bed.
3.11.2017 Up early morning to howling gale blowing straight down the lake, too rough for trolling so found a bay out of the wind and did some bait fishing. Tried Scrub worm and Power-bait combo. Got 3, all on Scrub worms, no touches on power bait. 3PM Called it a day - Lake getting rougher by the hour - Back to house, feed early night.
4.11.2017 - Got up late and did a bit of a tour of the top of the lake - Up to the portal and back, found another sheltered bay, thought we would give it a try, tried Scrub worm and Power-bait combo again, Got 6 , all on Scrub worms, no touches on power bait.
5.11.2017
Boat and motor combo sensational, fully loaded gets up and planes at about 3/4 throttle, then back of slightly and maintains plane.
For those who may be interested in accommodation - House Rental at Anglers Reach - "Google" Curragong Lodge Anglers Reach" - Great facility, have been using for the last 10+ years
Next Project - Evinrude 9.5 repair or scrap???

Scrap the 9.5.

Thanks for the report mate. How full was the lake? Do you have any pictures?

Cheers, Anth

How much did you pay for the merc?

Scrap the old one. You have a new.one and you can go fishing instead of spendng time tinkering on old one you have no use for.

Sound like you got a few

Great report russ :thumbsup: Good to hear you got onto a few
Congrats on the new motor hopefully many years of trouble free boating ahead for you :a_goodjob:
Probably should scrap the old one,but if you are like me i would keep it and pull it down to see what went wrong,cant hurt anything now. .Sometimes its good to have something to tinker around with in the shed on a rainy day.

Andy at Leigh Martin Marine is a legend

Correct - Andy at Leigh Martin Marine was extremely helpful - Had new motor unpacked / pre delivery services and ready to go in an hour, even threw in some goody's.

Lake is at about 42% full and was falling while we were there - Photo's on mates phone, shall see if I can get them and down load

Merc. - $1990, out of the box - saw it unpacked, including tank and hose as well as oil and measuring cup + + + extremely happy.

9.5 is a timeless project as I am retired and can take my time.