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I have the exact same engine. Thank you for this great guide.
@@christianspain3015 Thanks! Hope it helps!
Maybe a long shot seeing this, but we have the exact same motor and I can’t seem to find the air fuel mixture screw on this carb without taking it all the way off. Can you help me out?
@@walkerphillips4203 You may have already fixed your problem… I have not had your issue, so I don’t have any experience with it. But I found 2 articles that claim it can’t be adjusted. The first involves a Tohatsu 9.9 (?) and the person claims he’s a mechanic and does give some pretty convincing details. (particularly covering other carb issues) and Includes a parts/service diagram. https:www.justanswer.com/boat/5bbfk-adjust-fuel-mixture-tohatsu-9-9-hp-stroke.html The other is just a lay person. forums.ybw.com/threads/tohatsu-9-8-outboard-stalling.356296/ Even if you have an adjustable mixture screw - you can cause a lot of problems if you don’t know how to make a correct adjustment - particularly when the problem is actually something else. Let me know what you find out. Good luck!
@@tcsadventures thanks for this! Exactly what I needed for future work. Turns out the carb really was gunked up. It’s clean and running great now! Loved this video too, I’ll be taking these steps every time now!
@@walkerphillips4203 It’s definitely worked for me. I constantly had carb problems before and now I never do.
Sooooooooooooooper fantastic. Awesome.
Nice video. I'm looking at one on Craig list for $10, new. Is that a good deal in your opinion? Also, does that black plastic handle suffer any melting from being close to high flames?
It’s $50 on Amazon. $10 new is really cheap if it’s actually a Nordic waffle iron. We haven’t had any problems with the handles.
@@tcsadventures The ad has 4 pictures of the waffle iron and 2 are of the gray box and cornmeal with blueberry compote waffle recipe. Looks legit to me, and I think I'll pull the trigger on it! Thanks for your feedback, tcsadventures 👍
Nice video FYI. The oil on Jalama beach is natural seepage from the entire Santa Barbara channel for the last million years. The first great oil platform blowout was in SB in the late 1960's. Recent LIDAR studies have proven massive reserves of oil in the channel to downtown LA. Beached humpback whales are not uncommon on Central Coast beaches all the way up to Oregon..
Do you have a model number or size? for the 5/8's washer? what material are they? did you use new ones in this video?
If you’re referring to the engine oil drain plug: it’s a metal washer and I didn’t replace it. I don’t know the part number. If you’re referring to the lower unit gear oil drain plug and level check screw gaskets: At 8:58 on the video I explain that I’m replacing them and show the OEM package with part number on the screen. The OEM gaskets aren’t metal, paper or rubber. Maybe some type of fiber.
Just saw your video, I have the identical one here in Florida. We're at about 85k miles... any mechanical problems you've had with it? So far we're good.... just wondering, thanks
Only a couple of small things. The heater stopped working and an emission sensor. Both covered under warranty. It’s been a great vehicle! We drove it from CA to TN camping across the country. Check out the video of us rock crawling in the Mojave desert. It performed really well.
@@tcsadventures wow, Hays great. It's only been a daily drive for us currently. Daughter took it to Virginia and back, for school. I'll check out that video. Thanks for feedback, and safe travels.
Thank you for making this video, I am a new boat owner and i had no idea i needed to do this maintenance. Will be doing this weekend!
Thanks for the feedback! I’m on my boat right now varnishing… the work never ends. Let me know how it goes.
A great video, so glad you went, awesome seeing you and Vicky on camels
Lol you always take Vicky’s side!
Good video
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Thee old ship Schwack? Eh?
You can also hook the power cables to your starter.
Great video. What is the torque spec when you tightened the drain plug back?
That’s a great question that I don’t know the answer to. I found info on the torque for the cap screws, but not the drain plug. It’s surprising how hard it is to find torque specs.
@@tcsadventures Yeah! it seems just tighten it enough like you did should be enough. Perhaps ARB should publish something.
Those were thick steaks it would have been nice the see how the insides turned out.
Other than that, how did you like the video lol? I think they were medium to medium rare. I like to cook them in the oven to get the center done. The Coleman oven does a pretty good job.
We bought a Hunter 38 that smelled like an old stone basement. We tried everything that the other boaters recommended. In the end on a chance at Ace hardware we boaught a gallon of Odoban ™. It was the only thing that worked. Now all we have to do is keep the boat dry and it's been over two years, all is well.
I think an old stone basement would have been a big improvement from what my boat smelled like when I bought it, lol! Did you just spray the Odoban on everything or did you scrub/clean everything with it? I’ve never used it.
@@tcsadventures Hello, We soaked the cusion covers in a bucket with the Odoban mixed in. It was instant. They went under water smelly and came back up free from odor. We also mixed up some for a spray bottle and used that to wipe everything down.
I’m glad it was successful! Enjoy your Hunter!
Cool beans 🫘
It was a wonderful trip, loved the little town our condo was in, learned a lot about Spain’s history
Still getting over the jet lag… we saw so much I think it’s still sinking in. Yep the history was fascinating!
Thank you so very much!!!
You’re welcome! I hope it helped you complete your project.
Nice looking jeep, congrats. I always thought the shackles where supposed to be at a 45º angle to get a smoother ride. I'm currently looking for a solution to it. Any thoughts?
I have no complaints about the way my CJ drives now. Superlift was a big improvement over the Rough Country springs. As to the shackle angle, I left that to Dustin. He works almost exclusively on Jeeps so he’s the expert. I can tell you that when I do the work myself (more on my sailboat diesel and outboard than my Jeeps) I almost always talk to tech support. I would rather get the manufacturers advice than opinions on line. Whichever shackle you go with you can call tech support and usually get great advice. In terms of an update, after the new lift, shackles, and steering upgrades - the jeep rides and handles much better. I had really bad bump steer before the upgrades and the RC springs were so stiff it felt like riding in a covered wagon (or at least what I imagine a covered wagon felt like). Thanks for watching and commenting!
Maybe if you had tilted your motor upward it would come out the inspection hole using the adapter with the motor off.
I believe the owner’s manual tells you to have the motor tilted down. If I had used muffs to cover the water inlets or gotten the water pressure higher it probably would have worked. It’s so easy just to run the motor that I didn’t work that hard to get it to work. Someone that does it all the time without running the engine will eventually enlighten me. Thanks for your question!
What about holding the hose up to the inspection hole and get water going into it backwards with the motor off? Is that a good idea?
I’m obviously no expert, but I don’t think that would work for a variety of reasons. That hole is too small to get in the volume of water needed and the motor is designed for the water to come out of the pee hole - forcing it to come out somewhere it’s not designed to, probably isn’t a good idea. I stick to the owners manual and tech support. But like I said in your other comment, someone will educate me on how to do it without running the motor. Probably water inlet muffs. Thanks for watching!
Thats not a 2GM20 its a 2GM20F
Thanks so much for your comment! Not sure if you watched the video, but at the 58 second mark I put “2GM20F” on the screen below the shot of the engine. True the title is the generic 2GM20, but for an oil change and fuel filter change it’s irrelevant. If the video was focused on the cooling system then obviously the fact that it’s also fresh water cooled would be relevant. Thanks again for your comment.
Big thank you to the eldest of 12! What a journey from a two room shack to a queen of the internet!
I just posted another video with my mom from Spain that you might enjoy. Hope you like it!
Loved these as a kid - mom would make them for her 3 tea parties each year!
It’s a delicious pie. I wish I had one right now!
This comment was for the Russian tea cookies!
Thank you and what a wonderful memory for those grandkids!!
Thank you!
Never ever put an oil filter on with anything other than hand tight. This applies to auto oil filters as well
At the beginning of the video I put the model number of my motor on the screen, but throughout the video I refer to it as: 9.8 A3. More specifically, it’s a 2012 3V2(MFS9.8A3).
Helpful. thanks
I’m glad it helped!
Beautiful jeep
Thanks!
We have a yanmar engine in our boat. What are the usual problems i should be aware of with the yanmar engine?
I can only speak from my personal experience. My Hunter is a 1991 and I’ve owned it for 23 years. I haven’t had any problems with my Yanmar. I think most diesel mechanics would say that 2 of the most important maintenance issues for a diesel is clean air and clean fuel. Keep the air filter clean and your primary and secondary fuel filters changed according to the maintenance schedule. I probably don’t put 50 hours on my engine a year, but I change the engine oil, oil filter and fuel filters every year. I change the reduction gear oil probably more often than I need to. Regularly inspect the raw water pump impeller and replace as needed. Of course there are lots of other things to maintain and some complex work you may want to have a professional do. But Yanmars are reliable popular engines installed in many high production boats and farm tractors. If you take care of it - you should have years of trouble free use.
So bad drivers so bad tire 🤧
Off roading on street tyres 😅
My 2GM with the Kanzaki reverse gear actually has a drain plug on the lower left side, much easier handling. :-)
That’s interesting! Would you mind sending me a photo to [email protected]
Hey! tc, I have a stock rubicon 2017. I don’t do off roading at all. My current issue is that my sway bar light starts to flash randomly and check engine light goes on as well. I feel like once I fully stop and try to accelerate my car loses engine power or feels like it’s stuck on first gear. Any idea what it could be?
Yikes! Those problems may be unrelated. I would get the OBD read to see what the computer diagnostic faults are. I may be telling you what you already know, but most auto part stores will use an OBD reader on your car for free and either give you a print out of the faults or tell you what they are. You can also buy OBD readers fairly cheap that work with smart phone apps. That should tell you what’s causing the check engine light (probably related to the power loss). I would be surprised if the power loss has anything to do with the sway bar light blinking. Have you tried checking to see if the sway bar disconnect works? You need to be in 4wd first and then toggle it on. You may need to move your steering wheel or move forward to see if the light will go solid. Don’t drive in 4wd on dry pavement. If the light is solid then your sway bar is disconnected. If you can’t get it to go solid then you do have a problem with your electronic sway bar disconnect. I have heard a lot of people complain about the electronic sway bar on Rubicons. They start blinking, won’t work… and then they find water in them. If someone owned it before you maybe they did some water crossing. Or I suppose driving over water on the street could do it too. I think they were poorly designed. I’m guessing you’re outside of warranty (no extended warranty). I would start with the OBD and try to use the sway bar disconnect and see if it works. Good luck!
@@tcsadventures appreciate the quick reply! Thanks again, I will get the OBD reader to check if anything comes up. I live in Puerto Rico sometimes roads could get a bit flooded. So maybe that could be it maybe it has water in it. But thanks again I’ll keep you posted!
Have you had any issues with the sway bar? I've read the JK can have issues. If you're looking to buy a JK, is there a way to tell if it's engaged or disengaged other than the dash light? Thanks
I have not had a problem with mine. I know from comments and other people that you can have problems if it gets submerged in water. There’s water intrusion that can interfere with the electrical connection. Other than the dash display, I’m not aware of another way of knowing if it’s engaged without taking it apart. I don’t know if the JL has solved this problem.
@@tcsadventures Thanks!
Those G Wagons are the type where the girl would not want t post a picture with
Very informative, I’ve been blowing out pinion seals from over filling to half point on dipstick.😖🤦♂️
Yeah the amount of oil to put in is confusing. Thanks for watching!
@tcsadventures Just FYI: the actual antifouling paint job itself is an easy, satisfying and pretty quick step to do by yourself. But in case you need to fully scrape/remove old antifouling/coats like I did with my previous boat, that's still doable but takes LOT time than I anticipated. You may not believe it, but the final step of a few coats of antifouling was actually quite fun and visual satisfying to do. So just putting on some fresh antifouling layers is something you could easily decide to do yourself instead of having it done by the yard. You just need a few hours of your weekend.
Thanks for the comment! I know you’re right. I do a fair amount of painting on my house and my mother-in-law’s house and there’s definitely a sense of satisfaction. I’m reglazing and painting the windows on my house now. I always feel like I’m about 10 projects behind… so somethings I don’t do. Maybe one day. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I too love your orange tree and impressed with your video.
Thank you for the kind comment!
Great video! I love living up here! I live 3 minutes from crab flat (3n16).
Ihave the same outboard, but I cannot undo the screws I am thinking about an impact screwdriver is that a good idea?
I’m assuming you’re talking about the lower unit drain screw and the gear oil level check screw. The motor oil drain is a bolt. If it were me I would first spray some PB Blaster or something similar on it. It may not penetrate enough to help but it’s worth a try. Then I would get my largest screw driver (that still fits the screw slot) to get some leverage to crack it open. Using an impact screw driver you risk stripping the slot or breaking off the head of the screw. Then you would have to use an extractor bit to get the remaining screw out. If you use an impact I would put it in the lowest setting and see how it goes. Good luck. Let me know how it goes.
Exactly, they are slot screws and probably should be hexagon headed so that you can get some serious torque on the bolt. Thanks for that I was worried about using the impact driver. I have tried WD40 with no success and I bought an extra large screwdriver again no success. Do you think heat (hot water) applied to the area might just shift it?@@tcsadventures
Have you already seen this thread on The Hull Truth? www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/830907-stuck-lower-unit-oil-fill-screw.html If the slot isn’t stripped, a lot of people suggest using a screwdriver and a wrench on the handle - and tapping with a hammer. If you have a good outboard shop I would call them for suggestions. Mine’s on my dinghy year round on the water - for 12 years now. Knock on wood, I haven’t had this problem yet. Good luck and keep me posted. Really interested to see how you solve it.
Brilliant, thanks a lot, hope this helps others seems like a common problem. @@tcsadventures
did you air down you tires? your lockers should have been locked. spinning your tires is the last thing you want to do when you want traction.
Man the price has really gone up on these!
Really? How much did they go up? I will say that I like them. I didn’t get JW headlights because they were crazy expensive.
Northridge4x4 has them.going for $250.48 currently. But found them "used" in like new condition on Amazon for $142
poor lil BMW
hello can u name the peace for wheels when g wagen stucked in the snow and u put it under the wheels . tnx
It’s a recovery traction board.
tnx a lot ❤️❤️❤️
Great video! My grandfather was an Army medic and his brother was a tail gunner in WWII. Grandpa got me into Jeeps back in '78 when my family and I visited my grandparents in Greenbrier, TN near Nashville. Grandpa had a '74 CJ-5 that he used on his land and occasionally to get to his job with Dupont as a master electrician for over 40 years. I remember bouncing around in that ole CJ-5, but I was 7 and loved every minute of it, and so did my older brother and sister. We never knew about that open air experience until that morning, no doors, no top, I was hooked! Now 52 with an '05 TJ Rocky Mtn 4.0L and its by far the best and my favorite vehicle I've ever had. My two boys love it too! My wife likes it when we take the family to the 4wd beach in the Outer Banks in the summer. 🌊🏖 The other 51 weeks, she's all about her Dodge Challenger. 🚘 Jeep O|||||||O 🇺🇸Only in a 2 Dr🇺🇲 '41 - '06
Thanks! We had a great time making the video! I’m glad you enjoyed it and it brought back some fond memories. I bought my 84 CJ7 in TN - where I grew up.
@@tcsadventures My dad almost moved the family to Greenbrier in '79, but he and my mom decided not to uproot the family. Still, it was great visiting TN, a beautiful state with a lot to do.
Cant you mount them to the deck? I thought you could walk on those panels.
Yes. I included a clip where I had the 100w on the bow deck. But the 175w is much larger and I don’t have a good space for it on the bow. I don’t have a lot of deck space - particularly deck that isn’t shaded by the boom and the sun shade.
@@tcsadventures I have a 1982 Catalina 30. But we have a solar arch that makes it easy for panels. Just installed a 400 amp hour lithium with 600 watts of panels and a 3000watt inverter. It definitely made life at sea more comfy.
Wow! That’s a lot of capacity! What do you use the energy on?
@@tcsadventures we are going to be living on board , so we will have the fridge freezer, TV, starlink and a diesel furnace with a space heater as backup. And it gets pretty cold on Vancouver Island.
Living on aboard, a setup like that makes a lot of sense. Sounds like fun!
M.O.R.E is a great company. Recently installed their gearbox bracket brace and a BBB/Napa HD gearbox. And finally got the correct stud bolt from RockJock for their tie rod and drag link steering, so now I can finally use my Fox steering stabilizer. The ole '05 TJ handles absolutely amazing. Can take it wheelin' one weekend and last week on a 14 hour round trip with my sons to visit their pop pop out of state. Can't recommend a modest, yet highly well built TJ enough, very versatile Jeep! Really dig your CJ-7 and the CJ-8 Scrambler, but hands down my favorite Jeep is this '05 TJ Rocky Mtn 4.0L I6.
Initially I mistakenly referred to the controller as “30 watt”. Later I refer to it as “30 amp”. It is a 30 amp controller.
As always thanks for taking the time to make these videos. My 1991 30T does not have a washdown or a refrigerator. Were yours factory options, or did you install them?
I bought the boat in 2001, so the boat was 10 years old when I got it. I would guess that the frig was a factory option. The frig top is the same material as the rest of the counter. The wash down could have easily been after market, but it would have had to been put in early on because it was old. I replaced it several years ago.