Engine hour meters cannot be reset, but they are also not very expensive.
I found the exact replacements (I think they were Teleflex brand) on
Amazon. Just buy new meters when you get new engines.
I didn't have tachs on my old engines either. Just balanced them by ear.
Found at the end of a long day of motoring, one of the engines used more
gasoline than the other. Not sure if it just consumed more, or I had it
running higher RPM's and couldn't tell. My new engines each have
consistent consumption when I run them the same RPM.
Not sure if the Yamaha wiring harness has senders for engine temp and oil
pressure. I suspect not. If I remember correctly, the old wiring harness
had five wires, and the new has seven. When I swapped out engines, I did
not replace the wiring harness on each as they were added expense and
looked to be a PITA to pull the old ones and run new ones. If you go with
the Yamaha XEHA and the Seawind linkage kit for the shifter and throttle,
you will have to disassemble the Teleflex shift box and swap the handles
over to push instead of pull. Or vice versa. Anway, that is a bit of a
challenge, depending upon how little cable they left you in the closet
below to pull it up.
On tachs, I was luck enough to have a West Marine nearby. First pair of
tachs I purchased, had one reading out about 200 rpms lower than the
other. I didn't realize that, and thought it was a throttle cable issue.
At some point, decided to swap the tachs and found the issue was the tach.
Purchased two more from West, and found a set that had identical readout,
and then returned the unused ones. I don't know how you do that via mail
order!
As Gary wrote, these new 9.9 motors have less grunt/torque/whatever than
the old ones. They are quieter though, and my 2000 vintage motors required
carb cleanout about four times per year when I ran the Ethenol gas. So
far, I haven't had to clean carbs on the new motors yet.
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Eduardo Camps-Romero
<ecampsromero@xxxxxxx>wrote:
Gary thanks for your time.
My engines are 1997 and I am not sure how reliable my engine meters are
having only owned the boat since 2009 but they are around the same number
of hours you listed. I am not really sure how long to expect these engines
to keep going both hour use wise and years? All I know is that I spent $500
bucks on an engine survey before I bought these and was given the all
clear. I have had a myriad of problems since. I have spent several
thousands of dollars on repair and have lost confidence in them. I am
ambivalent about asking another mechanic to see if they can fix them for
me. I would love to save what will be a major expense and am a bit wary of
going to motors that have less overall power. That being said I won't be
kicking around SF bay any more and will taking her out the gate and a
series of long jumps and well off shore at times and is some remote places.
The trip to Miami Florida will be a long one and as I am learning it looks
like after the Panama Canal I will be relying on my engines quite a bit
(still need to work out my sail plan south of Cabo but this bit looks
nasty).
So as of now I am leaning on replacing them as neither seems to be working
at the moment. If i was living by my boat maybe I would be more willing to
continue to tinker with them. I would be curious what the thoughts of the
group are in general in terms of hours or years that one should keep these
outboards.
I am also in the process of writing Shan Grover about this reposer and the
vexing question about the power tilt and the possibility that the longer
bracket may protrude outside the engine pod amongst some other questions
that perhaps the group can help me with. I found some discussion about
tachometers and hour meters. I suppose I should get new hour meters (can
you reset these when you buy new motors). I never had tachometers and
balanced engines by ear. Would like to have them. What about engine
temperature and oil pressure gauges, anybody have these?
Thanks again,
Eduardo
On Feb 11, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Gary Oelze <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Got a lot on the plate.parts.
I have 1999 International motors and they have been very good.
They are high torque with larger CU IN (323 I think) than the US engines
which probably use high RPM to make 9.9 hP. More RPM = more wear on
I have pulled my motors out with the boom situated over the engines. Ithen
used a snatch block connected to some line wraps on the boom. You can
swing the motor with the boom to get the motor over the side. Mybrother
and I did it pretty easily. The handles will most likely be frozen andused
you'll save time by just beating the handles off. (No pun)
I have held on to my engines because: nobody builds engines like they
to (per mechanics), I have less than 1400 hours on them. You said youhave a
need to replace them so maybe this is of no value.
Some motors come with automatic lift feature. Avoid the units that
metal bracket for the lifting mechanism that drags in the water.Camps-Romero
Good luck
Gary Oelze
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Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:53 AMto
To: scoaa-members@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Scoaa-members] Re-power
Hello all,
For some reason I am having issues with the scoaa net site. I can't seem
find the forums and I can't seem to find the old posts.to
Anyway I have a 1997 Seawind 1000 with the original motors. I am needing
replace them and was hoping I could find information but I don't seemable.
I am in the USA and recall that perhaps we have different options thanwhat
is available in Australia. I am assuming the Yamaha model is the T9.9. Ihad
also saved a post about a member who re-powered with Honda 20's. I wasare
wondering what others may have done and their thoughts on the matter. My
reading tells me that my original yamaha's had a gearing such as to make
them more powerful. I am planning on taking my Seawind from the San
Francisco Bay Area around to Florida and I like the thought of the gas
sipping 9.9's. My reservation is that I bought the boat used in 2009 and
always had problems with these engines and my local repair guy here in
Florida (where I have a small sloop with a 5 hp Honda) tells me Honda's
superior (granted he sells Honda's).components.
Since I have your attention, I was also thinking of adding a second auto
pilot for redundancy, replacing parts of the rigging that are older, and
maybe upgrading the electronics as I think I have all original
is
I imagine the boat should be out of the water for the outboard install,
this true? Any other upgrades I should be considering with a boat of thisto
vintage? I recently replaced the windows (wish I would of read the posts
[that I can no longer find] on the forum before I did this] and may need
redo at least the front ones), tramps and lifelines replaced, newthrottle
cables and probably a few other things I can't recall now.
I am not sure when I will be bringing the boat over and most likely will
need to do it in stages so really only the motors need to be done now and
the other items I can stagger.
Thanks for your attention,
Eduardo
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