Bamaman
Well-Known Member
I got my 2 year old 24SSLX out of the boathouse and on the trailer yesterday in order to do my yearly maintenance.
With 40 engine hours, I only put 20 hours on it last year. Nevertheless, I'm still changing the lower unit grease and switching over to Mobil 1 EP--a superior motor oil.
The local Yamaha outboard dealer's partsman didn't know that a F150 was a Yamaha product. I had to point on the computer parts microfiche where the lower unit plug gaskets and a crankcase crush washer were. His price on a Yamaha oil filter--69J-13440-00-00 was ridiculous.
I went to Fram.com to cross reference the Yamaha oil filter, however the cross reference numbers are inaccurate.
The oil filter for a Yamaha F150 is the same as the 2014 Focus 2.0 engine--a Motorcraft FL910 or Fram PH3614. That'll save you $10 anyway.
I'll clean the seats, vacuum the inside and polish the toons with White Diamond metal polish this afternoon. My Porter Cable dual action polisher with a wool bonnet makes polishing an easy chore. Hopefully I'll have it back in the water this afternoon--if I can get motivated and if it's not too hot outside.
The Yamaha 4 strokes are really easy and inexpensive to do yearly maintenance on. I still have a hard time paying any dealer $300-400 to do a job I can complete in 1/2 hour--not including putting it on the trailer.
With 40 engine hours, I only put 20 hours on it last year. Nevertheless, I'm still changing the lower unit grease and switching over to Mobil 1 EP--a superior motor oil.
The local Yamaha outboard dealer's partsman didn't know that a F150 was a Yamaha product. I had to point on the computer parts microfiche where the lower unit plug gaskets and a crankcase crush washer were. His price on a Yamaha oil filter--69J-13440-00-00 was ridiculous.
I went to Fram.com to cross reference the Yamaha oil filter, however the cross reference numbers are inaccurate.
The oil filter for a Yamaha F150 is the same as the 2014 Focus 2.0 engine--a Motorcraft FL910 or Fram PH3614. That'll save you $10 anyway.
I'll clean the seats, vacuum the inside and polish the toons with White Diamond metal polish this afternoon. My Porter Cable dual action polisher with a wool bonnet makes polishing an easy chore. Hopefully I'll have it back in the water this afternoon--if I can get motivated and if it's not too hot outside.
The Yamaha 4 strokes are really easy and inexpensive to do yearly maintenance on. I still have a hard time paying any dealer $300-400 to do a job I can complete in 1/2 hour--not including putting it on the trailer.
