Mariner Outboards, 3, 4, & 6 Cylinders, 1977-1989 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals)

Dont bother save your money .its copys old shop books put into one the photos are junk its worth 10 bucks at the most .and a lot is not covered in it ..

I bought this book as a novice boat motor mechanic to diagnose the problem my outboard motor was exhibiting. However, this book is written more for the specialist who repairs motors on a daily basis. Good book but too much information for my use.

The information is presented well. It is easy to understand. My only problem is with the poor quality of the photographs when the book is trying to show the location of some items. I have a masters degree in education and I have taught school for 20 years. I wish some of my text books explained things as well as this book does

It was not for my motor.

I like the level of detail and background information presented. The manual walks you through major repairs in a clear, concise manner.

Just what I needed

If you're used to the detailed organized auto repair manuals put out by Haynes for various automobiles, you may find this book frustrating at first. On the other hand, these guys don't have the same resources that Haynes does. Haynes can hire a technical illustrator, where these guys have to rely on muddy looking photos. The market for outboard motor books just won't support that much publishing investment, so you have to adjust your expectations a little. On the other hand, to use another car analogy, this book is a lot better than the weak unillustrated way Chilton's used to do their books. It gives you a lot of photos to help uderstand what they're talking about.The authors seem to love their subject, but you may find the writing hard to untangle on occassion. It gets a little better after you try a few things. The authors are also up against the problem of several different models crammed into one book. This is probably a neccesity since the market may not be big enough to make a manual for one class of motors. In using this book, set aside a few days before any repair job to study the book to figure out what part of the book applies to your motor.Carberators are particularly problematic in outboard motors, because of idleness over the winter, the complex control system and a design that links it closely to ignition system setings, as well as the problems getting proper performance at low RPM and the need to run it in water for some adjustments. This is where I wish the Seloc manual had a little more to offer. When you finally figure out which carberator is yours, the pictures and instructions are useful to a point, but the reinstall instructions are weak and without warning for the pitfalls of realligning the parts. The primay advice of the authors after a rebuild is "when in doubt" set the idle screws too rich rather than to lean. Better trouble-shooting info is needed.Simpler instructions like the water pump rebuild and lubricating the lower end, or rebuilding the fuel pump were great and you can do fine with simple jobs like this using this manual. In that sense, this book is worth buying just to get to know more about your engine and to save some money. They also do a great job of warning the novice about disturbing factory settings and various ways you might overrun or damage the engine. It's the details of powerhead operation and design, tuning, adjusting, and how to adjust it that didn't click for me.Given the limited market size for this kind of book, I'm grateful they took the time to write it as it has saved me some money. It's not a Haynes manual for sure but it helps you contain some of the constant repair expense that makes owning a used outboard hard for regular people, and truth be told the things they leave out may not be well - suited for the average backyard mechanic.

very helpful, just what i needed and recomend any one with a motor that is in this book to get it. The price of the book would only pay for 1 hour of a mechanic that may only be an apprentice on advice, you can do it buy the book and save.

Great! super helpful