Customer Reviews

Yamaha 2 Stroke Outboards, 1997-03 (Marine Manuals)

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Manual had all the information I needed for rebuilding a 6hp outboard. There is a lot of information for all Yamaha outboards in this manual, so picking out the 6hp information was a challenge at first. The manual identifies chapters well. Information in each chapter starts from the smallest horse power motor first and progresses in horse power toward the end of the chapter.

A good book. it explains things in simple terms, with lots of pictures. Definitely a must have for the non professional/do it yourselfer.
My biggest gripe(and the reason for 4 stars)is that while explaining the steps of a procedure, the book will reference details in another section without adding a page number. This leads to stopping what your doing and looking through the table of contents. This can be a real pain,especially when the section you are referenced to, refers you to another section again with no page number. My other complaint is that all of the pictures are black and white. This is not a big deal for 99% of the pictures, but it comes up short on the spark plug diagnosis chart. The bottom line is that this is a great book with loads of information. It should come as factory equipment with your motor.

I'm not a mechanic so anything I write is done by a shade tree boat mechanic.

This book is pretty well written and explains now only how to do something but it also explains why.

I wouldn't mind seeing the print being a bit larger but that's just because my eyes aren't as good as they once were. Also, there are so many engines and models covered in this book that it can get confusing which engine they are talking about. Care must be taken to ensure that you're on the correct engine.

Overall, I like this book and actually use it.

Each task has a level set (Easy, Moderate, Difficult, Expert, etc) that helps guide you and allows you not to get in over your head.