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Tohatsu 98 2Stroke Manual vs electric starter

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Eric North

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"I'm concidering bying a 9

"I'm concidering bying a 9.8 2-Stroke for my sailboat (weight/power=superb, just forget the 4-stroke engines!) Someone told me that manual start is more reliable than electric start. Is that true? Other advantages/disadvantages?"
 
"Unless you have a source for

"Unless you have a source for some bootleg two-strokes, you are stuck with four-stroke power. Were the old hand crank model T Fords more reliable than the ones with electric start? I suppose it depends on your point of view. Electric start is an additional system, not a replacement system so I don't think you can say one is more reliable than another."
 
"Thank you for your advice, Gu

"Thank you for your advice, Guru. I think I will go for the electric starter. By the way, I don't know what you can find in the stores over there on your side, but here's the link to the *2*-stroke we can have in European shops! http://www.tohatsu.co.jp/en/boat/products/m9_8.html
"
 
"Bobby Silger wrote "The n

"Bobby Silger wrote "The new Tohatsu 9.8 HP 4-strokes weight the same as the old 9.9 2-stokes"
Wrong. The 4-stoke is 37 kilos, the 2-stroke is 26 kilos. - 26!!!!. Amazing"
 
"2-stroke 9.9......86 lbs....&

"2-stroke 9.9......86 lbs....(detuned 15)
2-stroke 9.8......56 lbs.
4-stroke 9.8......81 lbs.
4-stroke 9.9.....114 lbs.

Eric,

Virtually all carburetored two-strokes are now illegal to import into the U.S. due to environmental concerns.....It sucks."
 
why would you want electric st

why would you want electric start it adds 5-10 ibs and they dont even need it they start in two pulls and arent hard to pull
 
"Tohatsu Guru, I just learned

"Tohatsu Guru, I just learned that it is the same in EU, import stop from 1.jan 2007.
But my dealer had a huge stock, and i just bought his last 9.8 !

Eric"
 
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