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Ok so I bled it right. Well, I didn't use Dometic's exact procedure that requires two people. Based off of a YouTube video I found, I did effectively more or less the same thing though. I Tee'd the two bleeders into a single line running back up to the inverted bottle keeping the helm full, such tha...

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Before spending a lot of money time on your problem I would go to the nearest airport and purchase a gallon of the proper milspec hydraulic fluid for your system. I would then flush the system a time or two and test. If flushing fails to revive the system after a few tries I would overhaul or repla...

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So, more data…. I got back to the house where we keep the boat, and was able to do some more sleuthing. -If I turn the steering wheel slowly like you might do making small corrections to line up with the trailer there is almost no engine movement at all no matter how many times you turn the wheel -I...

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...I wonder if my voltage regulator fire occurred due to the same ground connection problems you had, that is, there was too much resistance built up and that caused the wires to overheat. Generally heat in an electrical circuit is created by the flow of too much current, which tends to occur when ...

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Great story and I can relate too, because I also have almost the same engine: a 90-HP Yamaha-built four-stroke-poewr-cycle model. Your description of the voltage regulator and its location and such is spot on with mine. To see these engines are still kicking is nice. My voltage regulator story is th...

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My 2000 Alert 17 (special service classic Montauk), has the BAYSTAR model hydraulic steering. A few years ago I refreshed the [hydraulic fluid] and bleed (air from the system]. In the 2025 season the BAYSTAR steering has begun a behavior that is described in the troubleshooting section of the docume...

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There is enjoyment to any guy who owns a set of wrenches in being able to keep some decades-old mechanical device in operation. Holy cats, it’s 25 years old now! 8-0 It’s so quiet and refined at idle, it sounds no different than a current fuel injected motor of today. Also, literally every one of m...

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For refresher, the boat is a 1999 Alert 17 (Gray, special service Montauk). I think BW was already no longer selling the classic Montauk by then, except through special services. I might have one of the last. So, been a while since I used the boat in anger, out on the lake. -First, Back in 2021, the...

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Q1: is the wire insulation color coding in which the insulation color denotes the circuit as described in the REFERENCE article as used by Boston Whaler for direct current powered branch circuits typically used by other boat builders? ASIDE The electrical wiring on my 1998 Montauk and 1986 13 Sport ...

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Still working a treat on my end. As to carb balancing, I've discovered the Carbtune Pro. And GuardianRC mate, you should be pleased and proud to learn that it is a UK company. It seems to be the latest hotness in balancing these motors, and I can pitch in my own personal experience with it. Never go...

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You may be in a dead zone with your wish for a low hour four-stroke-power-cycle engine in that age range. I have a collection of boats and motors, well five boats, two of which are Boston Whaler boats, and both two-stroke and four stroke motors, and I can tell you this, My two-stroke-power-cycle eng...

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I think the carburetors on the Yamaha powerhead are made by Mikuni. That would be a reasonable guess. But they are not. They are made by Keihin. Both on the Mercury 90 FourStroke and its twin, the Yamaha F100. Other interesting bits: ⋅ I buy parts for this motor from Yamaha sources becaus...

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Good morning Jim. Q1: were the tapped holes for connecting those tubes already there? Affirmative. The tapped holes were already there. In fact, both Yamaha and Mercury include the discussion on balancing in their respective factory manuals. Of course as usual, the factory tool they refer to is expe...

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I always like to weigh the “hassle factor.” For me, if I can straddle the tongue and hoist it onto the hitch, that reduces the hassle factor in a spontaneous, go/no-go decision to go boating. Our 1998 Alert 17 (special service Montauk) is about the limit. We don't lust after anything bigger.

-Peter

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After a little reading, I have seen it asserted that when moving from two to four stroke at the same power, a slightly larger prop may be called for because power typically occurs at somewhat lower RPM. Wrong. Typically a naturally-aspirated four-stroke-power-cycle outboard engine only develops its...

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Perhaps you could explain exactly what element or elements of the carburetor are adjusted to achieve the “balance” that is to be indicated on the test gizmo. I think the test gizmo measure vacuum or negative pressure in the region of the carburetor venturi areas. Here is a youTube short of my engin...

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I was not familiar with the term Pommie …. A POME is a "Prisoner of Mother England". That is a term Australians use to refer to Brits who lack the drive for liberty and sense of adventure, to leave Great Britain. I am an American citizen now, married to an American with two little America...

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[My Mercury engine] has been working a treat….[A used elecrical part] is installed and working a treat. Buying used electrical parts is often a roll of the dice, to use an American phrase (meaning an uncertain outcome). In contrast, your twice-used phrase “working a treat” sounds very British. That...

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And the boring saga of continued reliable operation continues. Started right up after nine months of non-use, and settled into a nice purring idle. I tested out a carburetor balancing tool called the Carbtune Pro. It worked a treat even though the carburetors were pretty well in balance as it was. I...

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I am surprised that CDI does not have a replacement part for a c.2000 Mercury engine voltage regulator. Good point. So I just checked. And surprisingly, CDI does not. I bought an immaculate used [voltage regulator for my c.2000 Mercury engine] from an auction websit. It is installed and working a t...

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Thanks guys. The Yamaha part will fit. As with the Yamaha carburetor parts, the regulator is part of the engine, not the rigging. It was a good idea Jim, to check with CDI. But alas, they only have parts for Yamaha engine older than my my 2000 four-stroke-power-cycle version. I’ll be stuck with fact...

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A Mercury OEM replacement voltage regulator for a 2000 Mercury 90 FOURSTROKE engine is listed as "unavailable" at parts websites. The same part is widely available from Yamaha at $275. Aftermarket voltage regulators are about $75. Among aftermarket brands of voltage regulators for a 2000 M...

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I should add here that for my end of the situation, I found my key. So for now, case closed.

-Peter

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jimh wrote:No. The file upload function does not perform any resizing of image files.

Any idea why 900 x 675 doesn't work? Your guideline post says maximum size is 900 x 900.

-Peter

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Tried to post a great picture of great times Whalering. Got the dreaded "file too large" admonition. Yes, I read the post about how 900 x 900 is big enough. And I don't disagree. But having to resize images on the poster end is... cumbersome... and discourages participation. One of the oth...

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I hate to sound like a broken record, but yet again, de-winterized (such as the winters are in the South West), and she fired right up. Had a nice day motoring around the lake, stop, start, run smooth, repeat. Again, this carbureted Mercury 90hp FourStroke might as well be the fuel injected version ...

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As summer draws to a close, another 15 hours or so on the carburetor 2000 Mercury 90 FourStroke. It continues to behave as if it were fuel injected. Starts quickly and easily without a choke. Runs smoothly and smoke free or so little it's hard to notice, sips fuel in comparison to my two stroke-cycl...

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Now in my 11th year in boating and nearly as long here at CW, but I am still learning things. One of my boats has two fuel tanks. We want to embark on a range test where we get everything we can out of one of the tanks before we switch to the other. Is leaning out the engine as the first tank goes e...

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My previous engine was a 1996 Johnson 130. That was a great engine but terrible on gasoline. I bought a new OEM fuel [pump] for the 130 at a cost of $450. I sold the engine for $600. OEM part sales is a profitable business. You sold a 1996 Johnson 130 with a new fuel pump and nothing else wrong wit...

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I was under the dashboard of a boat today solving a electrical wiring problem that was "installed" by my otherwise superb mechanic. (It's not germane to my question but if you are curious, the fuel gauge would work when you turned on the Perko master power switch, but would drive back to z...

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Thanks guys. Fantastic info, Jim. Looks like I can use my existing ACR too and won’t need to buy a new one.

-Peter

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I have a boat that uses one battery. As that battery ages but is still serviceable, I would like to transfer it to my 1999 Alert 17 (Special Service classic smirked Montauk), as a second battery. It has had two batteries before, has a Perko OFF-1-BOTH-2 battery selector switch, and a simple old “bat...

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I use ethanol fuel. No choice. I drain my carbs and tanks at the end of every season, stabilize the fuel I catch, then use it little by little the following season by mixing it in with fresh gas. I did hear/read somewhere that ethanol in the fuel, notwithstanding the bad things we know about it, is ...

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Fuel additives are a time honored subject, and there are probably as many opinions are there are people. What additives are you putting in your fuel--if any? My latest additive cocktail, recommended by my now deceased mechanic (who died in a boat racing accident in Fall 2017), is ordinary Chevron Te...

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biggiefl wrote:It might be cheaper to buy a new aftermarket switch and key.

Maybe. But it’s in the remote, so I’d have to disassemble. Then again if I don’t find this key I’ll have to disassemble anyway to find the three letter code.

-Peter

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[How can I get a replacement key for the ignition key switch on a 1985 Yamaha 40-HP remote control?] Backstory: For some reason I took the key out of the ignition key switch on the remote control for a 1985 Yamaha 40-HP, which I usually don’t do. I didn’t use the boat for nine months, and now I don’...

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One of the first things I learned when I became a boater in the middle of 2008 was that the actual factory service manual for outboards was preferable to the Clymer or Seloc manuals. Yet ever since then, the one thing I have not found in either Mercury or Evinrude OMC manuals, or the online parts ca...

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As you said. It’s been talked about. And planned. There are no requirements yet for catalytic converters on outboards because no bureaucrats in charge have had the courage to sign a death warrant on human lives. Someday one will.

-Peter

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Ultimately the way to take outboard emissions to the next level will be through the addition of weight, cost, bulk, and complexity. Regulators couldn’t care a whiff about weight, cost, and bulk, but adding complexity has dire consequences in marine applications where continuation of propulsion and a...

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biggiefl wrote:I do my best not to be outraged about European headlight laws.

It’s not just headlights, mate. Not. Even. Close.

It’s not even merely what the guy/Don above me posted. Although he is exactly right.

-Peter

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This. ^^^ And for some reason it’s mostly USA/North America with the “our way or the highway“ mindset that is intolerant of the slightest differences in regulatory standards. Even ones that are higher. EuroDOT headlights have much more stringent standards than USA DOT due to the higher speeds on Eur...

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Unless you rebuilt the engine, there is no need to check or adjust the timing, especially on conventional two-stroke engines. On my Mercury, when I changed the stator and timer base, I had to unscrew the linkage to the timer base. You also have to do this if you are going to remove and adjust the t...

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I started in boating 12 years ago now with carbureted, two-stroke-cycle Evinrudes, whose manuals specify running the motors at full throttle with a timing light and adjusting the timing linkage to read the specified timing advance. Dangerous and cumbersome. Later, back in about 2015 I got my first M...

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I love Larry :)

What is his user name here in the new forum? I'd love to use the search function on his user name and catch up on his posts.

-Peter

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According to enlightened thinkers, all two-stroke-power-cycle engines have been suspect and prone to catastrophic failure since the day a four-stroke-power-cycle engine was produced by the engine manufacturer that those thinkers think is the greatest of all time, and insert your favorite brand ther...

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There are many other forums discussing this topic, and I came across a very optimistic comment: in the future BRP would resume production of outboard engines under the JOHNSON brand, avoiding the stigma and tarnish of the EVINRUDE brand being associated with two-stroke-power-cycle engine manufactur...

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Very insightful and informative post, Jim. I disagree with none of it. Regarding engine weight, it is no longer a concern with new boats. New boats are all designed for heavy engines. Because the new boats are also heavier. I have trouble understanding how more weight in the same sized package adds ...

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Four contributing factors to ending E-TEC production: ⋅ COVID is an excuse, not a cause ⋅ Prior to G2 the E-TEC two-stroke technology was superb, light, clean, fuel efficient ⋅ BRP marketing failed to get that message across in the onslaught of four-stroke technology &s...

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I occasionally wash my hair while swimming in Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan has a volume of 400,000,000,000-gallons of water. Another boater chastised me for adding suds from my hair shampoo to the lake water. Even without the nearly infinite dilution, I would not be too sure that a little shampoo w...

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Just put the drain screws back in, filled with fresh gas, and the engine fired right up again. I didn't take her out today, but got her pretty close to ready for use. This time, I decided to take the lower clamshell off of the midsection. The "tray" comes off with it. And this action makes...

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