yowoodchuck

An epic saga, I can hardly wait for the next installment. Hoping to see a video of the river or lake trials and maybe a slow troll for walleye!

Sounds like a good idea to me...I'll keep this number and call in the spring. Thanks

I use one often on Yamaha 60, Merc 50, OMC 70, Bad Boy mower, and lawn boy I've never had a problem with the pick-up tube diameter or length. It is real handy when changing oil on a boat on the water in a dock or on a lift...much cleaner. The only downside is that you are leaving a small bit of old oil in the engine, but this is not important if you are doing regular oil changes. The big challenge is getting the darn oil filter off and replaced without dripping 1/4 cup of oil into the lake...a bunch of paper towels can stop that from happening.

Aren't most boat outboards "She/her", or are they "they/them" ? Can't wait to read the rest of this saga, I am always impressed with the help this group gives to each other...

wow, this engine looks sweet. I will touch base with my neighbor with the "Johnson" 70 4 stroke that is not running.

Up here in the north Missouri woods, we prefer the term "Sky Chiggers"

now you are making me hungry!

Thanks for the info, but the tow would be brutal. If it were my boat, maybe...but if it were my boat, the problem would have never happened. Why do so many people have such an aversion to basic maintenance? Then again, why am I so fat?

At this point, I'll be lucky to get my gas money and seafoam money back. I have to admit that I got a boat with a four stroke on it that runs great and has been very little trouble--but is is run often, with only nonethanol gas, and overwintered in the shop only after being run to a stop with the gas line disconnected, freshwater only, and a Yamaha. OH, and who is Cody?

I was hoping wrench would be chopping at the bit to take it on as a job! I have enough jobs on my plate...pool pump rebuild, on demand water heater repair in our house and then there's the 97 year old mom....all I really want to do is float fish for smallies on spring fed rivers! I certainly appreciate gotmuddy and his exploded diagram and advice...looks like a 3 day job, if no factory parts are needed. As time moves forward, I'll bet that staying with 2-stroke engines overall would have caused less pollution if all weird parts replacement, driving, frustration and quicker end of life were factored in. I used to think wrench was such a curmudgeon, now I am agreeing with him. Perhaps I should ignore all calls from the owner of the beast. Thanks again

My other neighbor on our N. Missouri lake has a 21 ft pontoon boat on a lift. A year ago, he ran the boat two weekends...put it on the lift and did not come back for 8 months. The boat was up on the lift all winter. He has never been careful regarding gas, just throws 10% ethanol 87 octane in the huge tank. He came back in June, started the motor, did not run it, and shut it down. two months later, the battery was dead, recharged and then the motor will barely start and immediately stalls out when put in gear. I went over, hooked up auxiliary gas tank with good gas and a bit of seafoam...it started and I ran it for 2 hours...could not get it past 3500 rpms. I went back today, hoping to get lucky...it would cough, almost catch the die. I no nothing about these weird engines...I'm thinking-- Put a known good battery in, change any easy fuel filters, replace plugs, pump out a quart of fuel from the tank and let it sit overnight to see how much water shows up... Am I on the right track? What about power packs and the electrical side of this? I have a hard time doing anything as the stern has only about a 3 inch walkway to stand on. Any ideas appreciated.

Just to update this saga. We took the boat off the water to a dealer who sold mercs and claimed they could get parts and rebuild the carb and put new seals in the lower unit...and check back with them in a week or so. 10 weeks later...no carb rebuild kit available, no seals for lower unit available...the motor was only 12 years old. Total SOL on the POS! Then my friend who's wife loves fishing (be careful what you wish for)--demanded he get that boat back on the water ASAP. I found a Yamaha dealer about 2.5 hours away with a new 50...but by then they bought a 2023 Merc 50 that the dealer had and put it on the boat--all the control cables and throttle were already Merc, so it went on pretty quick. They then sold him a 17 pitch stainless prop...full throttle on the 21 foot pontoon boat now puts the engine at 4800 RPMs...so that prop will become the emergency spare ...I think aluminium prop of about 11 might be right. Makes me think I better get all basic parts that I can now and vacuum-bag them up and put them on the shelf in the beer fridge, so that in 5 years I can fix my outboard.

No problem at all, except now I'll have to deal with Mr, Fishinwrench.

Wrench, thanks for the offer, but I'll wait to see what Ranger 520 comes up with first. I really don't want to put any more money than needed in this rehab. I won't be making a dime, it is for a friend's boat. Ranger 520, let me know what you find. Thanks

I have 4---5.70-8 tires on 5 hole rims. They are free to any member. The rubber is great to good on them, they are different ages. Let me know, they need a home. soon