Everyone wants to be an auto mechanic or a diesel mechanic these days... Also you can tell it took him a while to go through these, he has a different shirt on for almost every motor.
You are so right... I do my own repairs but when I do need a professional with a Mercury computer its like finding a unicorn... One thing tho lots of Engines run great on the stand but when in the water its a different story...
Hey man thanks for making these videos, I used the information I learned here to repair my Grandpa's 79 Johnson 15hp and I've put 10 issue free hours on it. Glad to see a new post.
Nice! I learned to work on outboards recently from a Johnson 15HP aswell, great motors, mine is a 1997. Needed a backyard rebuild due to being sized but I just pulled the engine covers off including the head and cleaned the cylinder bores with scotch bright and used gasket goo with the old head gasket and it’s good as new, runs great and starts everytime
Love this channel. No long drawn out monologues and watching the same bolt being unscrewed for ten minutes. Just “here this, let’s do that, then do this, and look what we got” Brilliant format that others could benefit from copying ✌️🇬🇧
My buddy has the same Mercury 40 - 2Stroke. Bought it new and it's still going strong. Just replaced the plugs after 20 years! Those are bulletproof motors.
Not sure if shit like this is easy or I’m just not mechanically inclined but I’m always amazed on how much knowledge this guy has when it comes to getting these motors running.
I sure am glad to see you back on here. You were the reason I bought and older boat that needed restored. It took me 2 years but now I have a really great boat that runs great and is fun for my family.
I like your methodology. How you go through each one of the motors with simple tests to find out if they'll run. Very wise. Looks like a good business model
Man ain't that the truth. I took my boat to a "trusted " mechanic. He used crap china carb kit that the gaskets swelled. Not even a year old carb rebuild. I bought exact oem parts and have had no problems after I did it myself. Oh and he kept pushing back my turnaround for over 6 months until I threatened to pick it up out of his yard. I hate that guy.
He is back and it’s awesome to see !! I was telling my wife last month it was top channel out there and have not seen or heard a video in forever ! Thank you for the content and welcome back is right !!!
Great. So nice to watch a boat mechanic channel that never actually shows how he fixes things. Not trying to be ride but I'm watching to figure out how to fix things myself. You should show and explain all steps. Watch Chris fix for a good example.
I love this channel, inspired me to work on outboard, I fixed a seized Johnson 15HP, needed a backyard rebuild ( no new parts ) and it runs good as news. I wish I could buy outboard from auction like you do but I can’t seem to find any where here in Australia
Brings back alot of memories... I reconditioned marine engines/power heads and drives(machine shop) during the winter for the spring... had a tractor with a modified 3 point Hitch to carry two large outboards into a 200 gallon test tank with dyno machines.... had all the local salvage yards put aside all marine engines and drives... I rebuilt alot of engines for other marine dealers... im old and retired now.
@@jeremiah-om7zl I agree. Only two shops south of Key Largo will even touch a two stroke. Anecdotally, I have heard from mechanics that they just don't command the revenue that four strokes do. That being said, I think that every shop around Jacksonville will eagerly take in a 2 stroke for work. Long live the 2 stroke blue smoke!
24:00 Old Yamaha 2-strokes are incredible, they just run despite their age, I replaced my 75hp Evinrude for a old 50hp Yamaha temporarily, I picked it up for about 400 bucks and I just had to change the gear oil, lube the cylinders, give it a new impeller and replace the plugs and that was it, ran great but struggled to idle for long periods of time
Always great to see old items get new life. Too many people just buy new and toss a perfectly good items in the trash. Such a waste. Might want to put a few of those mats that absorb oil but not water under the engines when you work on them. You don’t want to get the ground oily and greasy as it tracks that stuff everywhere. The oil also might enter the ground water if you have a well. A few of those mats will help greatly and they keep working when wet with water. Thanks for sharing, very interesting.
I’ve done my Merc 200 twice and I’m not doing it a third! Not because I can’t, because it’s a turd to do and I’m disabled and I’ve sold my ski boat 😂😂😂
Well the whole point if designing them like that is to make it easy to change it out, both the spark plugs and the lower units... if you know what you are doing.
I would love to know your story where you at in life 👊, since it looks like you create your videos in a different environment then before. Tell us what you’re up to, I know allot of people would love to know. Great to see an upload again and I hope you can make your TH-cam career and “work” co exists. Just so you know, your subscribers and view per video is very high so nothing that would keep you from making more money with YT videos. Been watching for years and do my own maintenance now on outboards because of you 👊
Do you think that that Canadian company now owns Johnson & Evinrude fixed the unreliable issues know to those brands of outboards? I am needing a large outboard starting with 125 hp to 150 hp for the 19 foot Dory I finished last summer and built for running a jet pump . I have been looking at the Tohatsu outboards
@@larrylazure4288 How much time would get on a motor like that ? The last outboard I bought for my Alaska guide work was a Mercury EFI 225 that lasted 2 summers then was finished. Advertised hours for a Merc 200 hp and larger is 2000 hours from May 10th to October, I have clients near 7 days a week and I run jet drive. The Yamaha 200 HP lasted 1 summer and was toast it was such a bad engine. Large outboards are so bad I rebuild my jet boat to an inboard pump powdered by a 1969 Chevrolet Big Block 402 that left GM at 425 Hp and now had 60 over pistons and 2x large carburetor. The jet boat was rebuilt in my driveway from 19 feet to 30 feet long
When a old johnson from the early 90's still has 130 across all the holes and is still higher than than engines 1/4 its age..... impressive for the old thing and just sad for all the newer stuff
SIR- MY OLD MERC 115 JUST SAID NO MORE- AND MY WIFE AND I OF 57 YEARS NEED ANOTHER ENGINE FOR OUR WEEKEND TRIPS TO THE TEXAS COAST. I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL SIZE ENGINE THAT WAS ON THE BOAT- IT WAS AN 85 4CYL. I HAD A LOT OF SERVICE OUT OF IT UNTIL MY SON- DECIDED HE NEEDED A 115 TO GET TO THE FISH FASTER- WHICH HE FORGOT TO CHECK THE FINAL DRIVE RATIO- IT HAS A 2.25 LIKE THE 85- THE SPEDD WAS THE SAME OUT OF THE 115 VS THE 85! NOW MY 85 IS GONE AND THIS PLUG SAID NO MORE! DO YOU HAVE AN 85 MERC ELECTRONIC IGN FOR SALE TO US OLD FOLKS? WE COULD SURE USE A DECENT RUNNING LITE ON GAS ENGINE FOR THE REST OF WHAT TIME WE HAVE LEFT TO FISH AT OUR BELOVED ROCKPORT TEXAS RED AND TROUT HOLES IN COPANO BAY! THANKS FOR ANY HELP CHARLES AND SANDRA BASS IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS- BY THE WAY I'M AN OLD MARINE MECHANIC THAT WANT TO JUST R&R - WE ARE BOTH IN OUR LATE 70s THANK FOR ANY HELP!
Soo much fun to watch you onto larger motors! I have a few F150 and 2 DT140, as well as a dozen of T9.9 kickers to move before retiring from outboards works.
I think that tohatsu can be saved.I think the rings are stuck on the cylinder with no compression.Get that cylinder at the bottom of the stroke fill it with mystery oil and 2 stroke oil and let it sit for a couple of days and then recheck compression after you spin up the motor to get the oil out. Just a guess.
Hey BoatGuy! Don't know if you'll see this but, I'm 24 just started college doing marine mechanics. I love watching your videos! they're super informative. I also wanna say you've inspired me a ton! to do the things that you do. I want to eventually have my own shop etc and bring boats back to life like you do in your videos! it looks insanely fun and fulfilling. any advice you can give this young marine mechanic just starting out? Keep up the great work man! 👍
I could watch this forever. I have also worked on outbourds my whole life, but out of necessity when I had issues. I think most issues now are dirty tanks and fuel.
Great to have you back. I am really interested in your tutorials about how to restore older boats that you get from people trying to give them away or from salvage yards before they strip them. Also it would be good to know what are all the ways that you acquire boats and motors and how other people can do that too. You can make video course, ebook, or something to document this so you can just have it available to give to people as a lead gen tool.
Thanks, boatguy. I learned a lot from you. Just bought a boat with an inboard that has not ran in 17 years. Thanks to you I now know the first steps to take.
HES BACK HES ALIVE THATBOATGUY IS HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LFG!
@@shize9ine THATBOATGUY FOREVER
Exactly what I said
!!!!!
This guys awesome. His vids are always fire
You accomplished more in this 35 minute video than my marine mechanics can do in a year. A competent marine mechanic is like a unicorn.
Everyone wants to be an auto mechanic or a diesel mechanic these days... Also you can tell it took him a while to go through these, he has a different shirt on for almost every motor.
You are so right... I do my own repairs but when I do need a professional with a Mercury computer its like finding a unicorn... One thing tho lots of Engines run great on the stand but when in the water its a different story...
Mines pretty damn good, that's why I give him just a little Xtra in the bill..
*the power of editing my friend
More entitled customers bashing the mechanic… I’m sure all of this guy’s problems weren’t caused from the guy that fixes stuff.
Finally, he's back. I wish he would come back more often. I love these videos. I learn a whole lot from it
Like a dinner at a Michelin restaurant, not so often, but when you upload, I enjoy.
Yess
God damm the 2 strokes sound like angels to me
Ikr
That 200 Johnson sounded ace.
Right!!
@@Gasgaspro that's the sound of freedom from globalist climate change lies.
I was on my dads old 2stroke outboard other day. Man i missed the smell and howl of those engines
Hey man thanks for making these videos, I used the information I learned here to repair my Grandpa's 79 Johnson 15hp and I've put 10 issue free hours on it. Glad to see a new post.
Nice! I learned to work on outboards recently from a Johnson 15HP aswell, great motors, mine is a 1997. Needed a backyard rebuild due to being sized but I just pulled the engine covers off including the head and cleaned the cylinder bores with scotch bright and used gasket goo with the old head gasket and it’s good as new, runs great and starts everytime
Love this channel. No long drawn out monologues and watching the same bolt being unscrewed for ten minutes. Just “here this, let’s do that, then do this, and look what we got”
Brilliant format that others could benefit from copying ✌️🇬🇧
Glad too see THATBOATGUY back in action
My buddy has the same Mercury 40 - 2Stroke. Bought it new and it's still going strong. Just replaced the plugs after 20 years! Those are bulletproof motors.
Considered the title and figured I'd fast forward thru majority of it. I was mesmerized and watched every moment! You ARE the "motor whisperer".
The big 2-stroke engines sound like modern sportscars….👌🏼
That Johnson 70hp started strong and sounded amazing!
Man, you were missed! This was great...blessings to you and the family.
LET'S GO DAD THATBOATGUY IS FIXING STUFF AGAIN!
Not sure if shit like this is easy or I’m just not mechanically inclined but I’m always amazed on how much knowledge this guy has when it comes to getting these motors running.
Great to see a video again.
“Drops video of 25+ outboard collection “
You always have the best boat/engine rescues on TH-cam! Glad you're back!
I sure am glad to see you back on here. You were the reason I bought and older boat that needed restored. It took me 2 years but now I have a really great boat that runs great and is fun for my family.
I like your methodology. How you go through each one of the motors with simple tests to find out if they'll run. Very wise. Looks like a good business model
I can't believe not one of those engines didn't have carburetor issues!! Looks like you made out well on the purchase of those engines!!!
This batch from the dealer was good. Normally I have to clean the carbs.
Man ain't that the truth. I took my boat to a "trusted " mechanic. He used crap china carb kit that the gaskets swelled. Not even a year old carb rebuild. I bought exact oem parts and have had no problems after I did it myself. Oh and he kept pushing back my turnaround for over 6 months until I threatened to pick it up out of his yard. I hate that guy.
@@ThatBoatGuy do you have a storefront where you sell these?
Yeah, amazing
How much for that white e-tech I think it was the third engine in your video could be a 115 how much
He is back and it’s awesome to see !! I was telling my wife last month it was top channel out there and have not seen or heard a video in forever ! Thank you for the content and welcome back is right !!!
Made my day! Love seeing you getting these motors back up and running!
What’s wrong with me? I can watch this ALL DAY!!!😂😂😂
Great. So nice to watch a boat mechanic channel that never actually shows how he fixes things. Not trying to be ride but I'm watching to figure out how to fix things myself. You should show and explain all steps. Watch Chris fix for a good example.
I love this channel, inspired me to work on outboard, I fixed a seized Johnson 15HP, needed a backyard rebuild ( no new parts ) and it runs good as news. I wish I could buy outboard from auction like you do but I can’t seem to find any where here in Australia
Great to watch him getting all those engines running. Wish I had his luck on those old carbureted ones.
12:28 - did you see that wiseco sticker? bet you that johnson has some forged pistons in it.
Probably
I legit shouted "yeah!!!" at the sight of new content. Thank you
Brings back alot of memories... I reconditioned marine engines/power heads and drives(machine shop) during the winter for the spring... had a tractor with a modified 3 point Hitch to carry two large outboards into a 200 gallon test tank with dyno machines.... had all the local salvage yards put aside all marine engines and drives... I rebuilt alot of engines for other marine dealers... im old and retired now.
Raw talent. Rare breed these days as most shops claim they won't touch two strokes.
I work on 2 strokes when they come in. Easiest to fix
@@jeremiah-om7zl I agree. Only two shops south of Key Largo will even touch a two stroke. Anecdotally, I have heard from mechanics that they just don't command the revenue that four strokes do. That being said, I think that every shop around Jacksonville will eagerly take in a 2 stroke for work. Long live the 2 stroke blue smoke!
@@fescudder I'm in East Tennessee, a marine mechanic makes $120 an hour plus here.
24:00 Old Yamaha 2-strokes are incredible, they just run despite their age, I replaced my 75hp Evinrude for a old 50hp Yamaha temporarily, I picked it up for about 400 bucks and I just had to change the gear oil, lube the cylinders, give it a new impeller and replace the plugs and that was it, ran great but struggled to idle for long periods of time
Love hearing the sound of those mercury OptiMax outboards.
Always great to see old items get new life. Too many people just buy new and toss a perfectly good items in the trash. Such a waste.
Might want to put a few of those mats that absorb oil but not water under the engines when you work on them. You don’t want to get the ground oily and greasy as it tracks that stuff everywhere. The oil also might enter the ground water if you have a well. A few of those mats will help greatly and they keep working when wet with water. Thanks for sharing, very interesting.
Dude, you make it look so easy
Freaking awesome! Love seeing old engines brought back to life. MORE!
ThatBoatGuy swaps lower units faster than I swap the plugs
its called video cut
😂
I would wholesomely agree 🫡
I’ve done my Merc 200 twice and I’m not doing it a third!
Not because I can’t, because it’s a turd to do and I’m disabled and I’ve sold my ski boat 😂😂😂
Well the whole point if designing them like that is to make it easy to change it out, both the spark plugs and the lower units... if you know what you are doing.
Oh BTW, welcome back. I did miss your vids, as I find them very informative and satisfying. Thank you for posting your videos 😊
Can’t wait to watch the video. I haven’t watched it yet.
Glad to see you back! Love your restoration videos
I would love to know your story where you at in life 👊, since it looks like you create your videos in a different environment then before. Tell us what you’re up to, I know allot of people would love to know. Great to see an upload again and I hope you can make your TH-cam career and “work” co exists. Just so you know, your subscribers and view per video is very high so nothing that would keep you from making more money with YT videos. Been watching for years and do my own maintenance now on outboards because of you 👊
Yes!!!
A Legend at fixing outboards. I always enjoy watching and learning. Thanks for posting.
I have waited so long for him to post again
I worked at Johnson Evinrude at Bankstown, Sydney Australia back in the 70s and remember some huge out boards, Great job 👍
Love these videos, love tinkering on outboards
HESSSS BACK!!!
i hope he make video often, i like to see he fixing outboard
Yes! Absolutely one of my favorite guys is in it again!
Drink every time he says, "Go ahead." Great video, though. Thanks for sharing!!
😂
Alcohol poisoning!
I remember when I found this channel years ago and how much I learned and enjoyed from these videos I wish they were more frequent
That one sounded like a damn Ferrari!
Love this!!! Glad you’re back bro!!! ❤❤❤
He's got his system and his system works and I reckon he takes care in his initial purchases, love it😊
Those older 2 stroke Johnsons/Evinrudes have such a distinctive sound. Pretty dang reliable.
Do you think that that Canadian company now owns Johnson & Evinrude fixed the unreliable issues know to those brands of outboards?
I am needing a large outboard starting with 125 hp to 150 hp for the 19 foot Dory I finished last summer and built for running a jet pump .
I have been looking at the Tohatsu outboards
They sound like my youth.
Evinrude Sea Horses rugged
I have 1988 Evinrude 150 xp on 19 ft bassboat runs amazing.
@@larrylazure4288 How much time would get on a motor like that ?
The last outboard I bought for my Alaska guide work was a Mercury EFI 225 that lasted 2 summers then was finished.
Advertised hours for a Merc 200 hp and larger is 2000 hours
from May 10th to October, I have clients near 7 days a week and I run jet drive.
The Yamaha 200 HP lasted 1 summer and was toast it was such a bad engine.
Large outboards are so bad I rebuild my jet boat to an inboard pump powdered by a 1969 Chevrolet Big Block 402 that left GM at 425 Hp and now had 60 over pistons and 2x large carburetor.
The jet boat was rebuilt in my driveway from 19 feet to 30 feet long
Good to see those engines get a lot bigger! I learned so much of you! Good to see you back
When a old johnson from the early 90's still has 130 across all the holes and is still higher than than engines 1/4 its age..... impressive for the old thing and just sad for all the newer stuff
The newer ones start with lower compression from factory zzz
Good to see you back in action. Can't wait for your next one!!!
Shows you how well all these outboards are made! Awesome work 👏
I thought i wasn’t going to watch another video this year thank goodness
Love your videos! Always standing by to see when you post.
Ohh my god he is back ladies and gentlemen!!
Keep'em coming. Could watch these all day
HOLY SHIT HE'S BACK BOYS!!!!!!
Good to see you back man! Keep doing these.
those engines sound like music to me.
Could watch these all day! Good stuff!
My boy is back!!!
Enjoy Watching Glad your Back!
Where the heck you been bro…… I ain’t been able to sleep for months
So glad to see that boat guy back
SIR- MY OLD MERC 115 JUST SAID NO MORE- AND MY WIFE AND I OF 57 YEARS NEED ANOTHER ENGINE FOR OUR WEEKEND TRIPS TO THE TEXAS COAST. I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL SIZE ENGINE THAT WAS ON THE BOAT- IT WAS AN 85 4CYL. I HAD A LOT OF SERVICE OUT OF IT UNTIL MY SON- DECIDED HE NEEDED A 115 TO GET TO THE FISH FASTER- WHICH HE FORGOT TO CHECK THE FINAL DRIVE RATIO- IT HAS A 2.25 LIKE THE 85- THE SPEDD WAS THE SAME OUT OF THE 115 VS THE 85! NOW MY 85 IS GONE AND THIS PLUG SAID NO MORE! DO YOU HAVE AN 85 MERC ELECTRONIC IGN FOR SALE TO US OLD FOLKS? WE COULD SURE USE A DECENT RUNNING LITE ON GAS ENGINE FOR THE REST OF WHAT TIME WE HAVE LEFT TO FISH AT OUR BELOVED ROCKPORT TEXAS RED AND TROUT HOLES IN COPANO BAY! THANKS FOR ANY HELP CHARLES AND SANDRA BASS IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS- BY THE WAY I'M AN OLD MARINE MECHANIC THAT WANT TO JUST R&R - WE ARE BOTH IN OUR LATE 70s THANK FOR ANY HELP!
You know it's a good day when he uploads another video and it's a video of him working on more outboards
POST MORE -all your subscribers
Soo much fun to watch you onto larger motors! I have a few F150 and 2 DT140, as well as a dozen of T9.9 kickers to move before retiring from outboards works.
Glad to see you are back, keep them coming
Man I missed your videos…..you inspired me to work on my outboard. Keep up the great content
I think that tohatsu can be saved.I think the rings are stuck on the cylinder with no compression.Get that cylinder at the bottom of the stroke fill it with mystery oil and 2 stroke oil and let it sit for a couple of days and then recheck compression after you spin up the motor to get the oil out. Just a guess.
After a very long time good to see you back
The boat guy makes it look so easy. I would love to just learn about how to test and maintain my own motor. Thanks for the videos!
Nice to see you having a bigger shop and property to work on! 👍 Looking forward to the upcoming video's!
Hey BoatGuy! Don't know if you'll see this but, I'm 24 just started college doing marine mechanics. I love watching your videos! they're super informative. I also wanna say you've inspired me a ton! to do the things that you do. I want to eventually have my own shop etc and bring boats back to life like you do in your videos! it looks insanely fun and fulfilling. any advice you can give this young marine mechanic just starting out? Keep up the great work man! 👍
Super glad you are back, learned a ton from you and your videos, appreciate you.
I could watch this forever. I have also worked on outbourds my whole life, but out of necessity when I had issues. I think most issues now are dirty tanks and fuel.
Great to have you back. I am really interested in your tutorials about how to restore older boats that you get from people trying to give them away or from salvage yards before they strip them. Also it would be good to know what are all the ways that you acquire boats and motors and how other people can do that too. You can make video course, ebook, or something to document this so you can just have it available to give to people as a lead gen tool.
I wish I had the knowledge of this man. Still a lot of fun to watch him work
Love it!!! Glad to see you again.
Glad to see you back, always enjoy learning about boat engines!
Great to see that you’re back buddy, Enjoy all your videos from central Fl.
Love that 16 ft Bayliner Capri sitting in the background. I bought an 86 1900 Capri with 125 Force new and had it for 15 years.
Thanks for the video! It’s always a pleasure to watch your stuff.
how satisfying to match that lower unit.
Great video! It's basically a class for would-be Outboard mechanics. Thanks
I'm happy to see how good the machine is, Goten's enthusiasm, friends
It’s about time you come back. This one was a great video love the walkthrough all the outboards .
thanks so much. I have been counting the months in anticipation. I could watch you repair engines and boats all day long!
Thanks, boatguy. I learned a lot from you. Just bought a boat with an inboard that has not ran in 17 years. Thanks to you I now know the first steps to take.
He's back and better than ever
Thanks for posting! My favorite boat channel!
You have gone from a beginner to a professional. Awesome work. I have a mercury I would like for you to work on
We need more of That Boat Guy.
So glad to see another video drop.
Wow you make it look easy. Looks like you got several engines in really good shape. Enjoy your videos.
Welcome back bud. Always great to see your videos. Keep up the great work.