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I have an 87 yamaha excel. Went to check on it today during a nasty storm. Battery has a draw on it somewhere so it was almost dead. Turned it over a few times and nothing. It may have a short in the shifter neutral safety switch sometimes it needs a jiggle. Swapped battery and rushing in the...
Hey gents, i have an 87 excel purchased 2 weeks ago. Went through the boat motor has great compression and started like a honda civic on the muffs. Went to sea trial it this morning, when we put it in the water it fired up, stumbled and stalled like a normal cold engine(about 32 deg out) After...
Hey all, im looking at purchasing an old grady lapstrake with a yamaha excel 225 on it. 87 i believe. Numbers are v6excelxh 6k7ul 700917. Ive tried to do a ton of research on them. Hear they were great workhorse engines for their time. It will be a commercial fishing boat so used 3-5x a week and...
Hey all, long time lurker first time poster.
Im purchasing a boat with a 1994 evinrude spitfire on it. Runs great starts easy at the moment (~45*f) and was a freshwater engine until two seasons ago(and you can tell). Im going to do the routine maintenance stuff plugs, fluids, decarb and just a...
