Forgot to update this. Drove to get the new old 9.9 ( T9.9 ELRY ) and it is for sure a low hour non commercial use motor. Sold by the dealer I bought it from originally.
Had a slight whoopsie that the guy that helped me load it must have missed as well. But nothing major. Transported on the...
I can’t see what’s going on in the video but can kinda see you have sanded past the gel coat in the picture. That’s not good. Your boat isn’t painted it’s gel coated.
Very common to scuff and paint an old fiberglass boat. Just don’t try to remove the gel coat. To repair what you did just get a...
Clear all the way down to the lower unit. It was only throwing a light mist and steam before but impeller also still looked good. Previous owner discounted it quite a bit and I didn’t think anything of it and simply ordered a new OEM kit.. I would invest more time and $$ into it if it were in...
I forgot to update this after first outing. Obviously knowing it’s an ‘89 it had a high probability of breaking down first time out.. and it did.
The 9.9 Yamaha starts hard, smokes and doesn’t pee correctly even with a new impeller ( spits and spurts ) It runs fine but with all the work it...
I’m going to go for it. I really wanted another 4 stroke FI Suzuki but it’s not in the cards this year with the boat purchase and it may not be next year so this should plug and play onto my controls and away I’ll go. Hang onto the old motor for parts
The one I have just has many signs of being a worn out high hour motor when you look close. I missed it when I bought it truthfully as once running it does run good. I don’t have time to go through it myself and the local marine repair shop would figure $600 to go through it, and then you factor...
The oil needs to get up to operating temp and hold there for twice that time to burn the moisture off.. anything less is short trip/ severe service interval which in your case is every 12 months. Oil can become acidic with the extra moisture.
The only thing I can think of on the cheap is that if it is condemned, I have a 1986ish Johnson 20hp w/ remote control that I bought for a chugger boat project. It’ll probably need a carb clean and an impeller but it was a solid runner. It’s been on a stand in dry storage since about 2019.
I would tend to agree 100%. I keep the boat at a storage facility since my yard is a postage stamp.. I can trailer it to my FIL’s for work but I also work full time leaving only weekends and summer is only so long. Paying for a diag may be cheap in the long run
I guess it might make sense that it’s been cooked as the rings could be hurt and still run well enough. I don’t have high hopes I guess. I may drop it off at a local shop for a damage report but I won’t be going into any powerhead work. Not worth it
Not sure as I haven’t checked it. I really don’t think it’s down on compression as it does actually run fine and has plenty of power. I just don’t know the break point of where it makes sense to repair vs replace. I’d have no problem putting a brand new DF9.9A on the boat vs replacement if it...
