I personally replace the impeller, and inspect and replace any part that doesn't look good.
Why do I do that? It's almost 30 years old and some people don't want you even using them.
Excellent outboard and will give you years of no trouble if you study how to maintain it and then apply your...
I must have been tired ...could have sworn it said 9.9
You must have edited it, I'm NEVER wrong! 😉
The "caught to many fish" you should have gone with that. Hehehehe.
Transom/outboard length?
If not than I would start fishing for the Loch Ness monster! 😆😆😆
My guess is timing or carb set slightly lean. The above statements should be checked first.
OEM gaskets should be easy to get, try another pass online or I boats.
I think what Racerone just said is, throw that motor away....and get an electric outboard. It's the future.
Tim do you agree?
This is for Tim Tim.
Thank you
5 less HP.....two dudes, one cylinder?, wrong prop, spun hub, muddy water, barnacles on boat hull, going up river, cought to many fish..... It's endless.
Posting stuff from 11 years ago is not really permitted. Just describe what videos you saw and possibly post the link and then thank the original poster.
Some of us advisers are very dumb (such as myself) and don't catch that they are reading other posts that have nothing to do with what you...
This was the beginning of the end for omc....they ended up putting more screws on the cowling, (subbed out to Suzuki) making it ridiculously time consuming to get to anything underneath it.
You have a good little 4 horse though so learning how to work on the little beast is a great project...
Pictures from farther back may help. 1st pick I see no black wire, 2nd one I do. I do not really see a missing wire, maybe a missing connector but your pointing to the electrical block located near the rectifier. Might be stealing the hot wire and running it over to the solenoid to crank the...
