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Some mercs were bad, I can think of three I know of that are >25YO and start first or second pull. I reckon with engines of the kind of age we are talking about the individual machines' history will be way more important than any design flaws at the factory. Like any engine, look after 'em and they'll look after you! Looks like it was forged in China, looks rough compared to the Yammies, but I plan to invest time and money to get it to run sweet. Now onto a 2006 Tohatsu 60hp 2-stroke, autolube, model 60C.
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Alas I sold that outfit too (and there was a Tohatsu 3.5hp auxilliary with zero hours)! It never started on the first or even the second pull, but when it fired into life it would run continually, never missing a beat. When I had to order an impeller, the marine dealer traced the engine to a grey US import (originally owned by Princess Motor Yacht company).
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The other Yamaha was a 1995, 3 cylinder, manual start and lift, 40hp model (40V 6H4), auto-lube, long shaft outboard.
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Although it was an old engine (20 years), I still managed to sell it for £500.
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Part of the reason I religiously changed them every season there-after. It was used every year for 2 weeks and only ever let me down once (when the starter rope snapped). I've owned a couple of Yammies and Twatsoos and simply love 'em.Ī 1986 Yamaha 25hp, 2-stroke, short-shaft, 2 cylinder model (25DM) that powered a Zodiac MkII GT. Re-built a few early Johnson & Mercs in me day.easy to do. sxxt.Ģnd o/b, Merc 500 redband manual start, raced it in the early 70s, a GREAT engine.ģrd o/b & still in use 1976 Merc 500 manual start ( blue-band "hockeystick" ) a GREAT engine.Ĥth o/b Honda 45 hp 4stroke ( 1993/4 ish ?) a GREAT engine, had it on a cruiser for about 10 years,ĥth o/b Yam 4stroke 40hp ( and current ), also a great engine.but battery goes down sometimes.Īlso have a honda 2hp good wee engine.but not water cooled.!!! īeen told the older the better.? also told the "new" are not so good.?įirst o/b was a 1963/4 Jonhson 40 electramatic.we found it a great engine but others said. I have even removed fly wheels out at sea and cleaned up and reset points. One thing, they may have been less reliable back then but you at least you could a go at fixing them in most cases. Like everything else, some had had better care than others along with hard use through to others being used perhaps only a couple of times in a decade. Had a couple of Perkins which were on a par with the johnsons ,Heard Perkins started making them them for the North sea oil boom operaters of the 60s to try compeate with the rival outboard companys. Had a few johnsons which dident seem too bad. Owned a volvepenta once that came with a fishing boat, that never seemed to run just right but it did have 2 water pump impellers ,one for the engine cooling and another aux that you could use as a bilge pump. Selvas seemed a not bad power head but many seemed to have problems with the lower leg gearbox. Mercury i have never owned one but came to the conclusion they were overated and it was a fashion statement ,and that unless it was a newish one they were ok, more than a few years on it and they seemed to have problems on the electrical side solenoids./starters ect granted though they were mostly on abused speedboats. Over the years i have owned many engines and repaired many for other people. For me the best engines from the mid 1970,s were Yamaha.