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| Yamaha makes a manual start 20 HP “the F20LE” and an electric start 20 HP “F20LM” portable outboards. The manual “rope” is considerably cheaper and saves you the trouble of purchasing an extra marine starting battery as well. Has anyone experience with rope starting the newer generation of 20 HP Yamaha’s? How hard is it to robe start the Yamaha F20LM? I’m not getting any younger, but am always looking to save money if practical.
Sure would appreciate your input?
Thanks
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | If you keep your engine properly maintained and use non ethanol gas treated with sea foam there's no reason why your engine shouldn't start on one or two pulls every time. |
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| dfkiii - 3/22/2016 7:32 PM
If you keep your engine properly maintained and use non ethanol gas treated with sea foam there's no reason why your engine shouldn't start on one or two pulls every time.
Thanks for the feedback! |
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Location: NE Ohio | you'll never need an electric start with a motor that starts all the time right away, but................for those very few incidences that for some reason it doesn't start, your body and heart will thank you for just pushing a button rather than pulling until your arms ready to fall off. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | I'm inclined to say that if you wind up pulling "until your arms ready to fall off" you either need to review the owner's manual on the proper operation of the choke or something else is wrong. It would be misguided to "cure" the symptom with an electric start.
Unless I had a physical handicap that prevented me from pulling the start rope, I'd skip the electric start on a 20HP engine. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | In a fourstroke I would recommend electric start on anything over 15HP. |
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| I've got a 2000 Yamaha 40hp pull start and it's not bad at all, I'm only 56 though.
It can take 6-8 pulls at the start of the day if the motor hasn't been run in some time. Once it gets running it's one or two pulls, while sitting down, to get her going the rest of the day. |
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Location: Watersmeet, Michigan | You're assuming you're going to be free of back problems or arthritis for a while. |
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Location: NE Ohio | one hiccup in the whatever and you'll wish you were pushing a button rather than pulling on a rope to turn the engine over.
not to mention that our bodies are getting older by the minute. LOL
Edited by pklingen 3/27/2016 9:53 AM
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Location: Minnesota. | Get the electric start!
Long, long, long-time from now when you're still enjoying that motor (Yamaha's are excellent tools) the meager costs will be long forgotten and you'll find you're enjoying the motoring and convenience more.
Trust that. I'm an original cheap-skate and I've learned. That only took 65 yrs. I'm stubborn!
And I didn't even touch on the re-sale aspect... |
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Yamaha 20 HP Electric vs. Rope start?