I have a 2001 High thrust 8hp and the power tile acts up. If you whack the tilt motor with your hand it will work. Most times you hit the button and it's dead until you give the tilt motor a smack. Any ideas if this is a quick fix? I have the boat in the water already. It's under warranty for 2...
I have a 1994 Yamaha 70 Precision Blend outboard on my whaler. It seems to be having an issue with the bottom cylinder. I brought it to the dealer and they did a leakdown test. 1 and 2 were 90 and leaked down to 80. 3 was 90 and leaked down to 60. they then put some de-carbonizer in the jug and...
I have a 8 HP High Thrust mounted on the back of my 25' Catalina that is on land. I was winterizing it today to fin my power tilt isn't workign right. It stopped and I heard it click. I have the solenoid on the tilt a small rap with a rubber mallet and it worked. I finished what I was doing and...
I have a 1994 Yamaha 70 2 stroke I just bought on a 15' whaler. The guy I got it from was a straight shooter and told me he had it out yesterday and the boat ran great. He offered a sea trial and we just started it in his driveway with the muffs. It ran great.
I took it to the ramp today and it...
I am looking at a 40HP Mariner engine on Saturday and the guy is telling me it was made by Yamaha? I thought Mariner was made by Mercury. Can anyone shed some light on how to tell who made the engine and suggest how to tell what year it is when I go to see it. I know most mfg's have a code...
I have this 1976 Evinrude 35HP long shaft. There are the normal 2 exhaust ports that are on the aft side of the shaft that blow out the water. It exhausts through the prop as well but there are 2 "exhaust ports" that face the transom out of the back of the shaft about 1/2 way up. The sound coing...
I have a 1976 evinrude that's ben giving me problems. I had cleaned the carb, put in new plugs and finally it seemed ok. It ran great for 90 minutes High end, low end start stop etc. Then it started to run lousey again. Now I have it idling great and it will rev up but no where near top RPM...
I have this 1978 Evinrude 35 HP long shaft on my 1963 13' whaler. It ran great but was not pumping well, I changed the thermostat. Then it ran good but seemed to suck somethign up in the carb. I had the carb off and had it cleaned. The shop said there was a chunk in the jet area and I put it...
I have a 78 Evinrude 35hp on a 1963 13' whaler. I took it out last week after I bought it and had it running and it ran great after I played with it in the driveway for a while. Once out on the water it ran great but tended to cough and spit on idle and it wasn't real smooth. It hadn't been run...
