I have a friend with a Yamaha 6 I have been using while my Honda is being repaired and it starts and runs nice, but he complains about the same problem i have with my Honda; hard shifting. And he had his into a mechanic who said that there is nothing that can be done about it because the shift mechanism is enclosed under the power head on both the Honda and Yamaha and is inaccessible for repair. I am not sure my Honda will be able to be fixed, either--it has been in the shopp for a couple weeks. His Yamaha may not be the same as your model, maybe the shift mechanism is different. I am thinking that maybe Honda and Yamaha may have tried this design for some limited period. His unit shifts hard, mine had become almost impossible to shift--I had to put a pipe on the lever to shift it at the end. In the Caribbean you mostly see Yamahas and the charter boats generally use stuff that stands up. On the gas cap thing: I have found a solution to the EPA (which is IMHO accountable for substantial increases in fuel spills due to their crappy designs) required gas caps on new tanks. You can buy a replacement gas cap for tanks made before 2014 from Hamilton Marine (made by Sceptre) that have the old venting system that allows some pressure to escape the tank when they heat up. I had the experience of spraying gas all over the dock when my new tank pressurized on a particularly hot day and ruptured the hose. It was a mess--filled my dinghy with gas. I do not understand why somone has not taken on the EPA on these designs that increase spillage. I agree with trying to limit pollution, but these gas caps and spouts have greatly increased pollution because of their design. I would like to see the executives of the EPA trying to fill a tank with the required spouts without spilling in a congressional hearing room. Or have them become financially responsible for the damage and spillage caused by the new design of tank caps. I am a supporter of tough pollution laws, I have little tolerance for bad engineering.
Ray Durkee Velera
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