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Sorry, a lot of us here are old school 2 stroke carbed motor guys. No experience with 4 stroke fuel injected motors.

I have no idea what we're supposed to see in the picture. No connections are actually shown.

Good call flyingscott!! That motor has a lock that prevents tilting up in reverse, right? I bet if that locking mechanism is messed up, it's hindering shifting. You're the Sherlock Holmes of outboards!!

You say pickup timing is 5 degrees. Is that BTDC or ATDC? Idle timing on most outboards is actually After Top Dead Center. That would be 10 degrees difference in the travel of the timing base and throttle movement. Maybe that's the issue.

JImmbo and everyone else here, I'm terribly sorry for my rude comment. It was way out of line and completely unnecessary. The timing and the cam that opens and closes the carburetors is linked together. So, timing advance and carbs opening happen simultaneously, so I understand what ya'll are...

Basically, if you bought a non-OEM carb kit, I'd put your old floats and needle and seats in and only use the gaskets in the carbs. Did you get the lead plugs back in there and dimpled to make them fit tightly?

I bought carb kits from Amazon a few weeks ago and had the exact same problem. Once I took them off and took the bowls off and compared the new parts with the ones I took off, I noticed that the needles were almost 1/8' shorter than the stock ones that I took out. You can test the needle/seat...

Fantastic! Increase in RPM's and MPH's! I bet the kiddos love that! Can they "feel" the increase in speed? I'm surprised that nobody has marked that hazard in the lake! I live on the coast in Savannah Georgia. When we find a hazard, we call DNR and report it. Sometimes, we'll set up a...

Check, clean, and/or reconnect black wire to ignition switch. Once your motor is running, it no longer uses battery power. Sometimes turning choke on will bog the motor down.

I can't find it now, but I watched a video a few days ago trying to help someone out with replacing an ignition switch. The guy in the video said that a common after market ignition with 6 terminals would work fine, you just don't use the center one. He had an ignition switch with 5 terminals...

Can't help without a model number.

It's been a long time since I've been inside one of those old OEM boxes, but I believe somewhere in there is a stop that only allows the throttle to go so far. Am I remembering correctly?

I can't find much info without a model/serial number. My 115 yamaha has 2 small hoses that go to the breather (air box) cover on the carbs. I've been told that one or both of them are vent lines for the oil pump. When I forgot to connect one of the lines and left it dangling, it dripped some...

Your meter is much more sophisticated than what you need as a beginner. The Omega (horse shoe symbol at the top) is for testing ohms (resistance), the straight line with dashes underneath is for testing DC voltage. That's battery current. The squiggly line is for testing AC current, like...

That's a great wiring diagram! Very simple and clear to understand. Wish I could find some like that when I have issues. Looks like the solenoid is grounded by the mounting surface, so giving 12v to either lead should activate it, right? To make sure, check resistance between the two wires...

Your solenoid is "sticking" or your key switch is going bad. Straight full voltage "unstuck" the solenoid and after that they key switch and existing wiring was able to start the motor. I don't think it's a battery problem, but not sure Whether to replace key switch or solenoid. Next time it...

The starter solenoid is an electromagnet. It takes low amperage wiring to power coils inside the cylinder to create a magnet to draw a plunger up to make contact between the two larger contacts that handle the higher amperage draw that the starter needs to turn the starter. The solenoid is...

Guys, you need to read up a little on props. Alluminum props weigh about 1/3 as much as stainless. They spin faster because they're lighter. They flex under hard acceleration. Here's just a couple of prop experts: I don’t know about speed but RPM’s for sure. Aluminum has more flex so at...

Jimmbo, you have never been more incorrect.

the description for the one posted shows 1-14 in the description. Isn't that what you're looking for?