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    2 stroke or 4 stroke yamaha?

    hey, all. i am shopping for a used, small yamaha for my 16 foot aluminum boat. i have only considered 2 strokes thus far, but i found an affordable 4 stroke today manufactured in 2000. what do y'all think? are there advantages / disadvantages to buying a 4 stroke? thanks in advance, john b.
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    is there a viable solution to low compression?

    i passed on purchasing a 1980's model 9.9 johnson today because it had low compression on one cylinder and a compression differential of greater than 10% between the two cylinders. they read 75 pounds and 90 pounds cold via a manual starter. it also had a whole lot of black gunk and oil in the...
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    source for yamaha 40heo parts?

    hey, everybody. i found a yamaha outboard for sale yesterday that i really want. it is a model 40heo, and i assume that it was manufactured overseas because it isn't listed in any model databases that i can find online. does anyone know where i can buy parts for it? if it is comparable to a...
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    two ignition coil questions

    i am working on a 1985 johnson 15 hp with manual start and tiller handle. i can crank it up and run it around the lake. then i go back to the dock, i turn it off, and it won't re-crank with a warm engine. bad coil, right? i checked the resistances on the two coils. the primary winding...
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    1985 15 hp johnson won't start b/c out of gear?

    hello. if you can believe it, i am new to boating. my 1985 15 hp johnson cranks and runs fine. but from time to time it falls out of gear (or won't shift smoothly?) when the engine is not running. when it is acting up, it sometimes won't shift into forward, it sometimes won't shift into...
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