Evinrude outboard repairs - need some advice please!

[akristofor]

Good morning! Haven't been doing any fishing, seems like I have been spending every weekend in the shed with the motor on the stand. Anyway, I had the compression tester on last night and when I took it off the bottom cylinder, the spark plug thread repair came out with it! I was wondering what you guys thought. Should I have another thread repair put in or should I just go ahead and put a new head on it. It's a 1977 25hp Rude. I have a used head, head gasket, and new thermostat in my ebay shopping cart for $106, shipping included. Should I buy the parts or should I have the threads repaired again? Also, does anyone know a good independent mechanic that would make the repair if I went this route? Thank you for the help!

P.S. If anyone is looking for something to talk about on this cold day, I have a few other repair questions on this motor too!

[Cmj]

Take it to Chuck at Hiway Landing in Mayflower. 1-501-733-3035


C.J.

[JigginPoleJoe]

Helicoils are fine... Not sure why it would have come out?

You should be able to just screw it back in..

[hoxiedog]

it is either broke or out of gas...went thru the same type of thing in my misspent youth...just when you need it the worst...well you know...anyway if I had saved the money I spent on fixing the motor I could have bought a good used motor...my 2 cents...good luck...

[hoxiedog]

sorry forgot to say what i meant...go to main forum...they have a topic for your questions and there are some great minds on that site that do not mind sharing...