OK, OK, I admit it, I still have one. But it's for our dinghy, 1990 Evinrude 9.9 short shaft. I replace the spark plugs every time we use it, which is once very six months. I know the old sawhorse about the amount of time that a piece of mechanical equipment gets used is directly proportional to its ability to work. Our problem is hard starting when it's cool out. Took it up to the Delta this summer, and in the 90 heat it was fine. Once we got back down closer and into the cooler SF Bay, it takes 60 (yup, that's right 60) pulls to get it going once it's cooled off, overnight. Once it first starts, it's just fine and dandy. Fires right up. Bought the motor about 5 years ago at a swap meet for a good price, had it checked out at the Outboard Motor Shop in Alameda (before they were bought out by Sea Power), and everything was fine then. Haven't done anything "bad" to it. Any "historians" out there who know these critters and can help? Any idiosyncrasies with 1990 Evinrudes? Stu
