Well I located a good gas tank today and put fresh gas and oil mix in it. Hooked up a new battery and the Evinrude cranked about 30 seconds and fired but stalled. Then I cranked it again and it started up and ran rough for a minute or so and smoothed right out and I ran it until it warmed up and it idled fine. This is the boat and motor I purchased last week and it was last stickered to be on a lake in 1997 so this boat has not been used in 24 years. I am a very happy camper that it ran so good on this start up so now I will check the plugs in it and see if it needs anything else besides to start using it again. Any thoughts on what else I should check out on it before taking it to open water. I sure don't want to get stranded out on the lake.