Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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

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.