need help with my 30 yammie

[Scott2]

getting the thing tomorrow anyone got a spare manual for a 30hp yamaha (not sure of year yet)

or anyone know where i can get a online copy.

OR if i work out whats needed could someone scan the relavent pages?

[jwalker]

It depends on the model. I've got a manual for a Mariner 30 which was actually a Yamaha Origin rebadged. Somewhere around the early 90's, I guess.

When you know, let me know.

[Scott2]

yamaha 30AM 689 L308809

and IIRC it had a R in the bottom left corner of the Engine number Plate.



i think its a bit too big for my 3m SIB anyway

[MeMe]

........that toggle had gone from my duffle coat

[Scott2]

lol! i came rushing back here thinking it might have been important...


if you pay postage and supply a new bit for the end of the starter you can have your toggle back

[MeMe]

...........give Bill Higham Marine a call on 0161 790 7678. Ask for Bill or his son Simon. They operate a veritable Aladdin's Cave of oldish (no insult intended)engines and stuff associated with the same.

[MeMe]

Originally Posted by Scott2

i think its a bit too big for my 3m SIB anyway

..........long shaft, I'd tend to agree. Keith (there's nothing wrong with a bit of length) Hart would be able to advise better. Send him a PM.

[Scott2]

i'm waiting to hear from Bill Higham about my Tiller arm kit.

Then i might just test it and see how it performs with it on (plenty of weight in the bow anyway)

[MeMe]

......I live less than 2 miles from Bill Higham Marine, therefore, if you need anything picking up, feel free to let me know, further I have a very good understanding with the little dumpy girl who works in our post room, if you get my drift, nudge nudge - wink wink. It's amazing how far the ocassional box of biscuits will go !! (sometimes all the way to Austraila FOC)

[Scott2]

cheers MeMe i'll certainly remember that if i need anything from him.

[Keith Hart]

Hi folks

Hmmm, 25/30 hp on a 3m sib? I must admit that it sounds a bit too much. As you may have seen from previous threads I've had to take special measures to keep the nose down on my 3.4 when I'm going solo and I have the maximum allowed 15hp. However if the plate says 25 hp.....

The main problem is the shaft length. The sib will most certainly have been designed for a SHORT shaft engine. The longer shaft will alter the handling and tend to lift the bow. Even an engine well within the hp limit but with a LONG shaft would cause problems. A combination of over power/extra rear weight/shaft too long would not be good

Keith (been busy with BIG plans) Hart

[Louise]

Originally Posted by Keith Hart

Keith (been busy with BIG plans) Hart

Sorry to hijack your thread for a moment, Scott!

So come on then, Keith - what are the 'big plans'? Start a new thread and spill the beans!

[The Jackeens]

Alan Priddy...you've got to have some Yamaha advice? (Besides 'don't hit a lobster pot' )


Us

[Scott2]

me thinks i need a new engine...

[jwalker]

or a bigger boat.

[Scott2]

cant roll a bigger boat up and put it in the back of my landrover.

Cant tow a trailer, no room to keep a trailer/bigger boat...


the boats the right sort of size.

[MeMe]

........rolls away to not much more than most other smaller sibs. It will certainly fit in the back of a landy with room to spare. Further, a 380 is a whole lot of boat capable of so much more than anything below 3 mtrs (and before you all start - oh yes it is)

I have a pal sellin this one for around £1500 ish with a lovely 15 on the tail.

[Scott2]

mine is actually around 360

I think...

Without actually finding out more about the model i dont know other than rough measurements i took myself.

but no one has ever heard of a Astral AS30

Edit: if i could afford £1500 for a boat i wouldnt have this problem

(Engine, Boat, Fuel tank and a few other items are all freebies from different people)

[MeMe]

Originally Posted by Scott2

Edit: if i could afford £1500 for a boat i wouldnt have this problem, Boat, Fuel tank and a few other items are all freebies from different people)

.........with that mate. I started with a £425 Mirror and after buying and selling several boats over 3 years I put myself in my dream boat. Boatings boating whatever your in. If you need anything to get you going let us (the collective forum) know, I'm sure we've got plenty of odds and sods lying around that may assit you. I've a bloody shed and garage full, I'm a terrible hoarder.

[Scott2]

Right now i need a 20-30hp short shaft engine... Just as long as it runs i dont mind if it needs a bit of work (the yamaha needed at least a new Tiller arm and fitting kit as it was operated remotely)

and i'd gladly swap the Long Shaft one for it...