Johnson/Evinrude Outboards, 3-4 Cylinders, 1958-72 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals | Publication Date: March 1, 1998

SELOC Marine maintenance and repair manuals offer the most comprehensive, authoritative information available for outboard, inboard, stern-drive and diesel engines, as well as personal watercraft. SELOC has been the leading source of how-to information for the marine industry since 1974. Designed and written to serve the needs of the professional mechanic, do-it-yourself boat enthusiast, instructor and student, these manuals are based on actual teardowns done by Chilton Marine's editors/authors in our on-site facility. Providing complete coverage on everything from basic maintenance to engine overhaul, every manual features: -Simple-to-follow, step-by-step, illustrated procedures -Hundreds of exploded drawings, photographs and tables -Troubleshooting sections, accurate specifications and wiring diagrams -Recognized and used by technical trade schools as well as the U.S. military Covers all 50-125 Hp, 3-cylinder and V4, 2-stroke models. Over 1,500 illustrations

Product Details

• Paperback: 530 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0893300098
• ISBN-13: 978-0893300098
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I wasn't impressed..., May 10, 1999

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Andrew J. Wright "AJWright64" (Milaca, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Johnson/Evinrude Outboards, 3-4 Cylinders, 1958-72 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals) (Paperback)

I'm afraid the authors, while seeming to desire catering to the novice, merely came across as condescending with their choice of phrasing. The book is not set up very intuitively, nor does it lend itself well to general troubleshooting. The troubleshooting offered is positioned in areas of focus that would be difficult to determine without considerable knowledge up front, as opposed to assisting in isolating a problem step-by-step. Further, instead of helping identify parts, etc., the authors seem to assume that you have a thorough overall knowledge of your particular motor, and offer no path to that information. In its defense, the book does go into great detail about disassembling and cleaning or rebuilding different devices and systems. But again, it doesn't help you determine problems, so who'd know what to disassemble? Sorry kids, but major thumbs down on this one.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Review, February 1, 2002

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This review is from: Johnson/Evinrude Outboards, 3-4 Cylinders, 1958-72 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals) (Paperback)

This book helped in troubleshooting my problem but said absolutely nothing about how to fix it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Seloc Good over all info., July 28, 2010

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Nicholas Wiedenhoeft - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Johnson/Evinrude Outboards, 3-4 Cylinders, 1958-72 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals) (Paperback)

Any one determined to learn about the maintenance and rebuild needs of there older Marine engine will unfortunately need to consult several maintenance manuals before they have a complete picture of how to proceed. Even then there will still be gaps in information that must be filled by an actual mechanic who has experience with the unit in question. Seloc did a good Job of providing basic information, they organize this manual better than some others. Most of what you will need to know can be readily found. Unfortunately some information is simply missing and some of the basic specifications were wrong. for example this book states that the stroke for the 80hp Super sea king and the 75hp Super sea king are the same. this is incorrect. The best prepared manuals I have ever seen are the old Hurst published Motors Auto Repair Manuals. Pattern yourselves after them for concise and easily found information and include more in-depth problem solving. Proof read thoroughly and check your facts for accuracy. Do that and we may have the holy grail of manuals.