What outboard motor?

[Bigshrimpin]

FBT - The older yamaha's have a bit of corrosion problem. Keep an eye on the shift shaft and the steering arm . . . when your shift shaft goes and it will . . . you have to pull the powerhead by removing 6 long non-stainless metric bolts that are almost always fused into the upper casing) It's a pain in the arse b/c the head of the bolts like to snap off.

Other than the shift shaft and steering arm.
watch out for the wiring harness (again corrosion)
and the oil injection (float assembly).

Run it till it dies . . . those 2.6 yamaha's run a long time and are surprisingly efficent compared to the OMC carb outboards. usually 2.5gph or better @ 4000rpm.