Re: "Classic" small, Japanese-based engines

[david-bartlett]

quote BillW:

So, as my back gets weaker, I am gravitating more towards resurrecting smaller motors. The other day, I pulled a battered 2hp Mariner (Yamaha-based) out of the local “transfer station.” (Still the DUMP, in my book….) It was missing a few parts, like the gas cap. I started looking on eBay, thinking that finding this stuff would be easy, because most of them ended up being stuck from carrying them the wrong way, etc. Wow, the pickings are slim and expensive. I ran into this same thing before, trying to find a carb for a Tohatsu-based 3.3 Mercury. Why do you suppose a gillion of them were sold but the used parts availability is so slim?

Bill,

You answered your own question. You got your motor at the DUMP, because someone threw it away, rather than parting it out. My brother in law has a 3hp Mariner he brings me from time to time to "fix" for him. Not a bad little motor if you like that sort of thing. Just keep them away from salt water.