Yamaha Outboard Tool Kit

DanD

DanD

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I know many of you run Yamaha 15hp and 25hp outboards on your boats. If you carry a tool kit, what tools and accessories do you equip your kit with for engine repairs in the field? I have a 1988 Yamaha 25SG, one of the ones that has the oil injection. Boat and motor are new to me. Thanks!
 
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Dan,
Per my posts below regarding my Yamaha 30, the oil lines should be supple, not hard. If they become hard, they should be replaced. Replace only with Yamaha parts.

If the hose and bulb are more than two years old, replace that also, not with after market but with OEM hose and bulb. The quality is different.

In general, my mechanic told me that Yamaha motors should use only Yamaha parts. And probably best to use a mechanic that services Yamaha's regularly.

If you do that, you shouldn't need a tool kit!

:)

Larry
 
I carry very little in the way of tools.

Prop and prop wrench
spare shear pins for the electric trolling motor
spare light bulb for navigation lights
spare bilge/drain plug
a few zip ties
multi tool
pocket knife

I try to maintain my equipment such that I minimize the probability of failures on the water. I don't differentiate by brand, if properly cared for, they all work and are dependable.

I also during hunting season, go prepared with enough supplies, that I can spend a sleepless night on the water if totally stranded. Given the places I usually hunt close to home, I could in most cases just walk out. Not true in some spots, so that is why I carry supplies on hand.
 
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Always good to have a straight blade and phillips screwdriver as well as small adjustable, pliers in tool kit as well as fuses common to your motor . Electrical tape can temp patch a fuel hose or oil line hose long enough to get back to launch. Few black wire ties can come in handy sometimes.
 
I always think about my out common issues when running my boat. Fouled prop, water in my gas, broken pull rope, clogged water pump or passage, damaged fuel line things like this I want to be able to solve. Skill level has a lot to do with it but I also don't carry every socket usually when I am working on a particular engine I look at the tools I have out and need. I seriously doubt I can rebuild a carburetor in 15 degree weather on the water trying to hang over the transom. But two weeks ago flounder fishing I was drifting with my duck hunting buddy shaun in my boat when my good friend Billy pulled up in his boat. Billy yelled "got any tools I can barley steer I hit a sand bar coming out in the dark this morning". Billy's steering torque adjustment on his 30 hp Etec tiller was bent from the sand bar and in ten minutes with an adjustable wrench he had it bent back where he could steer with one hand again. The very best tool in a small duck boat is a set of oars.
 
Josh~


Thanks so much for your support for oars!



I leave the dock with the presumption that I will be responsible for getting the vessel back safely. It's the rare gunning day where the single paddle one sees so often in power boats could provide any useful help. And, many newer gunning boats have no oarlocks.


Getting oneself out of trouble - and thereby avoiding serious trouble - is one of the many satisfactions of small boat handling, in my experience.


All the best,


SJS
 
Can't help you too much with Yamaha specific motors but if you do a lot of fishing (and you don't have a location posted in your profile so I won't make the assumption of saltwater vs freshwater) you probably want to have a really nice pair of wire cutters that if you had your thickest hook stuck in your dominant hand that you can still operate the wire cutters to cut the hook with your weaker hand. One thing I learned was to keep my tools that I shouldn't need in anything but an emergency situation in vacuum packed bags, usually wrapped in slightly oily shop rag (like the disposable blue "paper towels") to help prevent rust. But then I fish/hunt salt water so having tools that aren't rusty is kinda important to me, especially for what I paid for in the wire cutters I bought.

Dani
 
I have yet to put together a kit for the Scaup, and the BBSB is sporting a new (I bought it new) Yamaha, so that kit is rather limited!

When I first started riding motorcycles, I had an old Sportster. Solid mounted motor that would metal fatigue fasteners regularly. I build up a decent kit, and spares that fit very compact. I have always had a "spares" tool box in the garage that is full of incomplete sets and less than top quality tools. I like to keep the right tool in the right place. So the table saw has the right wrenches with it, the miter saw has a 1/2" to change the blade, etc. When I worked on the Sportster, I would pull out the tool kit, even if I was working in the garage. I would use that set to do the maint, or repairs, and if I needed another tool not in the kit, I grabbed one from the box, and added it to the kit. Will start with a small ammo box for the Scaup this Summer. I just did the water pump, impeller and lower unit fluid. Plugs are delivered, but need to find the gap setting! Hope the new 40hp is reliable, especially in the cold! But if not, I hope I can find her weaknesses and work them out.....
 
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