Thanks for your all's input , it's just one of those things i never heard of before. My thoughts were if anything were to happen it might clog up the fuel injector or foul out a plug . This is the first 4 stroke motor I've had so I'll be going through a learning curve with this.
I just upgraded to a new Tohatsu mfs 60 and still had several gallons of some pre mix 50-1 gas in the integrated tank on my boat. The dealer is telling me not a problem to leave it in there and run it through and switch over to straight gas . This is a brand new motor that needs to be...
Look at the various wire wheel and or wire cup attachments you can put on a drill or the dremel type tool. They make all kinds of extensions to get in hard to reach places, use compressed air to blow off the dust after you clean it, and wipe it down with solvents, then paint. From what i can see...
Possibly look into the emergency cut off switch on the remote control ?
Diagram (1)
This is the RED connector at your engine
1. Install the cutoff switch cap and lanyard.
2. Use a continuity light or ohmmeter calibrated on high ohms
scale to test continuity.
3. Turn the key to the ON position...
You might want to get your battery checked , even though its showing 12 + volts it might have a bad cell ? Any auto parts store will do this for free. Also check to see if your getting the spark to jump a 1/2" with an open air tester.
I'm seeing a few drops of gear oil coming from this weep hole only when i have the motor tilted up. It smells and feels like gear oil , its not residual gas / oil. Is this anything i should be concerned about ? I haven't changed the gear oil since spring so i'm not sure if water is getting...
Was recently pricing 60 HP outboards across the board, and was wondering about the reliability of the Tohatsu motors . I don't see alot of these motors in my area but i've never heard any negative reviews about them . Do they have any weak points about them ?
I'm trying to remove the fly wheel on my Johnson 70 HP model TLESB so i can replace the stator , I've removed the nut but cant seem to get the fly wheel off . I have a 24" breaker bar and a strap wrench on the fly wheel to hold it but it just wont budge . Are there any tricks out there to get...
