Yamaha 90 - doing this as a favor to a Chrisian kids camp in Maine. They ran bad fuel and blew a piston on a 3 year old dealer installed factory powerhead. The poor fuel quality caused the engine to knock badly over time and it cause piston failure and the rings got caught on the exaust port. FUEL QUALITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. This is a quick bore and rebuild and should be done in a couple evenings. Also doing lower unit seals and installing a stainless steel tilt tube.
1985 Yamaha 4hp for my brother-in-law's dingy. This was a paint, decal and misc items job.
Here is an old Tohatsu that was a paint, decal and misc repair project.
Quick cowl paint and decal. The motor was also converted from a 60hp to a 70hp.
1994 Yamaha 25 full rebuild and cosmetics. The 2 Yami 15s in the background were previously done for friends, but I store them.
Another Yami 25 that's done. This was cosmetics and misc items.
This is my hobby and I'd rather spend time working on these then hanging around in a bar or sitting on the couch watching TV. I stick with Yamaha since they are great notors with smart designs. The nice thing is 2 stroke motors are incrediably simple to work on and parts are very inexpensive. Demand for clean Yamaha 2-stroke motors in my area is very high.
I've done a lot of larger motors (150 - 250hp), but find them more challenging due to the size and weight and I can get as much for a rebuilt 90 as a 150, so the extra hassle isn't worth it and the margins are better in the smaller motors, so my focus is 4hp-90hp.
My plan is to taper off for the next 6 months since I have other projects, but if I see a good deal I'll grab it.
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