Glad to hear! Thats so awesome!

I'm about to service my F20 in a couple of weeks. It's probably never been serviced like this. I'm a third owner of it. Can't complain about it whatsoever. Had issues with it staying primed when I first got it but new hoses and bulb solved that. Excellent video tutorial.

I’m happy it helped!

I'm glad you liked it. That's why I made this video. I know you can do it!

I will, eventually. I’m not finished modifying the boat. When I can manage the time to do the floor, and a few other odds and ends I will do a full boat tour. As for baiting up, I’m reluctant to show that as there’s only one body of water I bait up on, and it’s already over pressured. I don’t need to contribute to the mess out there by people replicating what I’m showing in a video on that body of water.

@@FloBass I completely understand. As far as bait goes I am just looking for tips and pointers for finding/catching bait. Thank you for the reply and everything you do to help us noobers along the way.

@@MrJamesp2994 I'm still a n00b myself, lol. There are a lot of video's out there on baiting up, but if the 100 people who consistently watch my video's want me to do one, I'll have to figure something out.

Sold the boat a year ago. Can't do a review. Its awesome. Just get it. It's worth it just for transportation purposes alone. The thing is a beast.

Its great! The best modification I've done to the boat. One thing to take into consideration is the wiring. It needs to be protected and not left out to the elements. There are circuit breakers on the wiring that connects to the battery. They will become rusty, and eventually fail if they're not protected. Also, put a ton of dielectric grease on both relays. They have a rubber seal, but I still had both fail because moisture got inside. The grease will prevent that from happening. Same goes for the small inline glass fuse. Grease that baby up, and it will provide you with many years of trouble free service.

@@FloBass thanks, super helpful! Can’t wait to install it.

They key for the impeller. I think I mentioned that in the video, but it's been 2 years and I could be mistaken.

Yes absolutely. The ability to trim up while I'm running gets me about 3-5 mph more speed. It's to the point where I could get another prop because I bang the rev limiter going with the wind when I can trim up.

@@FloBass Interesting, glad it helped! I was hitting the rev limiter with the old prop on mine 9.9x9. Mine is a F25hp. I just put a new 9.9x10 and gained 4mph. I found that people use this equation thing to find what to expect generally revs 5800÷ gear ratio 2.08x pitch 10 ÷ 1056 = 26.40mph which is almost what I got on my GPS. I'm guessing you could definitely get more out of the motor going up one pitch. I'd definitely be curious what kind of numbers it shows.

Trimming up lifts the bow and gets more of the boat out of the water so there's less drag. But I'll never know the performance gains of a new prop on this boat. I sold it March 2022.

No, I don't.

Any chance you could put one together next time you service mate? I've been using your videos as massive guidance would really appreciate it

Your oil will always have a little fuel smell. That is normal for all engines. Car, Truck, Boat, and other. Piston rings don't make a 100% perfect seal, and fuel vapor will make its way past the rings and into the crank case. As far as the oil level rising, the most common cause for that is prolonged low rpm operation and worn out piston rings. You don't get complete combustion with low rpm operation with no load on the motor, so more fuel vapors than normal will make their way into the crank case, and over long periods of time that fuel will start to cause a noticeable increase in oil level. It takes a while to do that, but it happens. I see that on carbureted motors a lot. They're less efficient at idle and tend to run rich when not wide open. The F25 is a fuel injected motor and it barely uses any fuel when idling. That's why its a very popular choice for people using it as a kicker engine who do a lot of trolling when they go fishing.

9 7/8" x 11 1/4"

On my outboard, water backfills and comes out the intake ports for the water pump when the hose is hooked up directly.

@@FloBass Oh good to know. I thought maybe it had to bypass the thermostat which may not be open if it’s cool. I have the same motor but am only at ~8 hours break in.

Yea Yamaha doesn't recommend it however it does still lubricate the impeller, Ive never seen one adversely affected by using the flush port and think its a much safer method than muffs as the impeller is guaranteed adequate lubrication.

Its the TH Marine PT35. Its not a jack plate, its a power trim. My motor had manual trim and that's why I got the power tilt. Its pretty easy to install. Basically 4 holes drilled into your transom. You want to install it so that when the motor is mounted, the cavitation plate is level with the bottom of your boat. I installed mine an inch too high. Didn't give me too many issues, but I think the boat would have performed better if it were a little lower.

@@FloBass Nice! Thanks for the response.

@@FloBass did you utilize the trim button on the engine tiller arm?

The 20 hour service is only for brand new outboards. It is very important to do because the engine oil, and gear case oil will have very fine metal deposits in it from the piston rings seating and gears seating themselves in. Once you reach the first 100 hours of your outboard, then you can perform all of the maintenance every 100 hours, or if you engine sits for a long time you would do this service once a year.

If you bring enough fuel, it will run that far.

@@FloBass thank you so much

There won't be one on this boat/motor. I sold it and moved onto a flats boat.

@@FloBass ah ok any videos for that boat?

I've been working on it. I'll have some videos, eventually.

I'd rather "waste" $25 on an impeller kit and replace it every year and be confident its in tip top shape an hour from the boat ramp than not.

Allows the air to escape to ensure it fills completely.