I have a 1982 35 hp evinrude. Motor set for sometime in garage. Cranked it last year, just to see what it would do. I'm in the process of redoing  my boat, but hadn't had chance to play with motor. Is there things I should do before trying to start engine again, it's been setting in garage since last year. Do I need to replace ........?  (motor had been setting for sometime when I purchased this rig.).

With any motor that has not been run for a while, the first thing do is pull and clean the carbs. With that motor I would then rebuild fuel pump and purge any old gas from lines and tank.

My next step is to change the lube in the lower unit.

The next thing I would do is pull the water pump and install a rebuild kit. Be sure to grease the drive shaft spline when reinstalling the LU.

This is pretty much my standard routine on any motor I don't know anything about or any of mine that has sat for a couple of years.

Iappreciate the info. Thanks