[Rhodes22-list] Tohatsu Bad Reputation???

[L. Sailor]

thanks, Bill.

elle

--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> My remote is mounted on my stern rail.  Push to go
> forward.  Pull to go 
> back.  1 lever.  Push harder, go faster.  The
> electric start can work 
> from the remote.
> 
> My cables go into my seat drain channels, under the
> cushions, pop out at 
> the stern, over the top of the motor mount, to the
> remote brackets.
> 
> Get the most expensive cables.  They will turn
> sharper angles and still 
> operate without binding.
> 
> Fuel line goes through the boot on transom.
> 
> Electrical connection to connector in
> stern--batteries in cabin.  Run 
> the electrical cables through the rear of the Laz.
> cover--no lip.
> 
> These kinds of questions are fair game.  Apologies
> not required.  None 
> of us notes all the details until we've owned the
> boat for at least 5 years.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> L. Sailor wrote:
> > Hey, Ed,
> >
> > Thanks for the rebuttal. Remember I said I am
> totally
> > out of my element....so i appreciate any info I
> can
> > gather from everyone here and having the
> > misinformation 'debunked.' I was surprised to hear
> > negative info about Tohatsu....our first boat, a
> 23',
> > had a Tohatsu 8 & it was a good engine. But that
> was
> > the early '90's.
> >
> > OK...so we have two votes for a Tohatsu  8
> > 2-stroke...Sounds good to me....
> >
> > Does it have remote or side mount controls??
> >   
> 
> 
> > How are these remote controls mounted so that the
> > cables & fuel line do not chafe through as the
> motor
> > lifts up & down? ? Are they led through the
> transom &
> > then the lazzarette. Shoulda thought to check when
> I
> > was in NC>
> >
> > Y'all please be patient with me while I
> learn...;^)
> >
> > elle
> >
> > --- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> You have got to be kidding...  Maybe other brand
> >> dealers might say that
> >> since Tohatsu has the best reputation and they
> are
> >> just second best. 
> >> Reliability has been a trademark of Tohatsu since
> >> you were a swinger.  Two
> >> cycle motors are in the same catagory as diesel
> >> engines.  The hot doggers
> >> want 4 cycle.   The rest of us like reliability. 
> Go
> >> back thru the archives,
> >> some discussions get hostile.  Need I say I have
> an
> >> 8 hp 2 cycle...   On
> >> Lake Hartwell we do not need even 8 hp, but along
> >> the coast you need at
> >> least 8 hp to go foward against currents.  
> >>
> >> Ed K
> >> Greenville, SC, USA
> >>  
> >> I dialed a number and got the following
> recording: 
> >> "I am not available right now, but thank you for
> >> caring enough to call. 
> >> I am making some changes in my life. Please leave
> a
> >> message after the beep.
> >> If I do not return your call, you are one of the
> >> changes." 
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> View this message in context:
> >>
> >>     
> >
>
http://www.nabble.com/Surveyors-tf2084454.html#a5754431
> >   
> >> Sent from the Rhodes22 forum at Nabble.com.
> >>
> >>
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