Whats My Yami 9.9 Worth?

[Jason R.]

I got a 1988 Yami 9.9 with my boat and I am looking to sell it. Not sure what a fair price is. It runs and starts really well. Newer carb, new impeller. Skeg is broken off, prop is awful and the lower unit takes on a bit of water. I had to replace the handle so that part is brand new. What would yall list it for? I was thinking maybe 500? I am new to boat ownership so this may be a dumb question- thanks either way.

[fishinwrench]

Sounds like she has lived a pretty hard life.

Honestly? 150.00 as/is.

If you are selling it to raise money you might do better by parting it out.

[Jason R.]

Sounds like she has lived a pretty hard life.

Honestly? 150.00 as/is.

If you are selling it to raise money you might do better by parting it out.

Ya it has- it was a white river/norfork rental I think. 150$ would be rough. Oh well I'll see what Craigslist will do for me. Thanks for the honest appraisal wrench. Got my eye on a Suzuki 9.9- bout a 1990 model. It has a skeg and a prop and the guy is asking a decent price.

[fishinwrench]

I'd put the bucks towards freshening up the yammie.

You are selling a better motor than you are replacing it with IMO.

[Jason R.]

I'd put the bucks towards freshening up the yammie.

You are selling a better motor than you are replacing it with IMO.

That may be a good idea- I've gone back and forth. Got a couple guys coming to look at the motor this weekend. Im just going to tell them whats wrong with it and see if they'll give me a few hundred for it. Are those late 80s/90s suzukis any good? This particular one looks brand new.

[Ham]

I think I remember hearing the lower unit wasn't real durable. You planning on a lake boat or a river boat.? Prop eats a rock and lower unit may go to pieces. IFI am remembering correctly a forum member had ozone and a single rock turned his lower unit gears into confetti. He does his own work and the parts were more expensive than finding another used motor.

[Jason R.]

I think I remember hearing the lower unit wasn't real durable. You planning on a lake boat or a river boat.? Prop eats a rock and lower unit may go to pieces. IFI am remembering correctly a forum member had ozone and a single rock turned his lower unit gears into confetti. He does his own work and the parts were more expensive than finding another used motor.

Hmm.. that would suck since I plan on using it on my trout boat- guaranteed to hit a rock or two.

[fishinwrench]

They are good outboards until they need parts (other than a water pump impeller), or until an issue with it requires technical assistance....Then it's just a pile of scrap metal shaped like an outboard motor.

After Suzuki went all 4-stroke they decided to shut the door on the past and offer NO tech info and very few replacement parts for their previously manufactured 2-stroke units. Parts were only available while "supplys last".... Which has already been exhausted on commonly needed wear items like seals, head gaskets, manual starter components, tiller linkage parts, ect.

Suzuki, Honda, Nissan/Tohatsu, and to a great and growing degree = Mercury (surprisingly) have become terrible about doing that. They come out with something "new & awesome" and immediately turn their back on everything they sold beforehand. Pisses me off in a big way!

It hurts to throw Merc under the bus with Suzuki/Honda/Niss-Toh in that regard, but they are becoming just as bad about doing that crap.

Some critical parts are NLA on Mercs no older than 7 years. And that is just freaking rediculis IMO.

Johnson/Evinrude, and Yamaha are the only 2 outboard makers that still feel it is worthwhile to continue offering a reasonable list of parts (and at a reasonable price) and tech bulletins on engines they designed and sold in the past. I respect and adore them for that, and so should their longtime loyal customers.

[Jason R.]

Wow that is really good to know wrench. That is disappointing. This guy wants 300 bones for a pretty great looking little motor that he says runs great. May look for a Johnson or another Yami. Dang it I just want to catch trout.

[fishinwrench]

And you could probably get 300.00 worth of use out of it. I wasn't trying to jack up your plan, just giving my .02

You could throw 300.00 at fixing up the Yammie and pass it down to your kids. (Maybe)