Yanmar parts for 3YM30 and SD20.

Regular Maintenance Air filter

128270-12540

1

Mixing Elbow

128397-13530

128370-13530

1

Mixing elbow Gasket

128370-13201

1

Mixing Elbow nut M8

26703-080002

4

Mixing elbow stud

128170-13600

4

Oil filter

119305-35151

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Shop Manual 3YM30 and SD20. Some excitement in the house!

We knew they existed in book format, but discovered that they also were available on PDF. I have been looking for over six months on the internet for them, *K* yes you are the man, and once more you came to the rescue.

*K* had asked the local Yanmar dealer, for some written manual [...]

We only got some of you, but our son for sure.

Yes it was an April fool joke, the majority of you got it knowing how conservative we are with money and research. But our son, who didn’t believe us at the beginning, was hooked once his mother jumped on the joke, phoning his sister to tell her.

A friend had an outboard motor completely [...]

The parts chase or the first contact with the marine industry spare part department.

Now that the diagnostic is done, it times to fix the issue : Should be a simple matter of finding an impeller, a bit of grease and the engine will be back in storage ready for the season.

We all know where that goes don’t we, I am going to be told soon that a piece [...]

The impeller lesson or part two of the outboard class

Second part of an interesting class, I brought in my engine given to me last year by a friend. A Mariner 2hp 2 stroke that run well in a bin of water when tested.

We learnt a lot again, well I did anyway today. From fogging to stabilizing and in between how the flywheel, [...]

I now can say proudly, I own a complete set of wrench.

It’s the month of training and one of the last one for this year is Outboard motor. Again a very similar group with some familiar faces meet in a basement of a social club for our discovery of gasoline engine.

We all knew that when we pull the cord it starts sometime, when you [...]

Just have to wait for one diesel engine to break now.......

I know the title doesn’t sound good does it? Well you see when you gain knowledge, you like to use it but in this case let’s hope that this little sliver of it will be use more for the preventive maintenance than reactive one.

Last Saturday we spent 8 hours off a grey and rainy [...]

Basic Diesel Engine, Keep it clean and he will be happy.

Last night was the first step to learn how to keep the iron genie in good spirit, some of you might think : ”well you don’t have one!” And it is right, but why not learn about it before buying and that way you know what to do maintenance wise, prevention before repair….  Those can be expensive.

So [...]