Thats easily answered. The bigger ? seems to be where the he11 is merc made since late 014?Quote:
Originally Posted by kokes
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Thats easily answered. The bigger ? seems to be where the he11 is merc made since late 014?Quote:
Originally Posted by kokes
We have a 2003 nissan 9.8hp on the tin boat at the family cottage. It's manufactured by tohatsu, and it runs like a scalded cat. I love that motor, and I bought it off Kijiji for a song to replace our aging evinrude. It's light, quick and reliable. Based on my experiences with it, I'd take a look at tohatsu. They've been selling motors for quite a while now, and have a pretty good rep in the US.
All better. 30 etec going on her late next week. That'll fix this 5h1tQuote:
Originally Posted by diverduck
E-TEC works great, when it works. Which is not all the time. And yeah, they're more fickle (read "expensive") to fix. No thanks.
There's a reason all the police and military boats with outboards run Yamahas. Not the highest tech, but they run forever and are cheap to maintain.
Do you own an etec?Quote:
Originally Posted by Symmetre
Yamaha was costly enough for me to fix when yam canadas answer to a bum brand new 15 hp was to throuw another *&%&*%&$ at it and upgrade to a merc 20. Two weeks old and their fix was spend Oodles more on another brand. SORRY THATS NOT WARRANTY AND CERTAINLY NOT "CHEAP"
I will never own an E-TEC again. Had it for five months, and had to be towed back to the dock three separate times. Each time, dealer says there's nothing wrong with the engine. WTF?????Quote:
Originally Posted by standup
Year four with the Yamaha. No problems, no issues, runs like a swiss watch.
What size etec?Quote:
Originally Posted by Symmetre
60 E-TEC.
Replaced by Yamaha 70.
No regrets.
That's fine. Don't ever need help from Yam Can. As matter of fact just try to call Yam Can. and see if you even canQuote:
Originally Posted by Symmetre
But that's the whole point.
I have never had to.
The engine works.