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    LUCKY THIRTEEN

    Aug 08, 2019 4 minutes

    When Tohatsu Marine Corporation released its first four-stroke outboard that didn't need an external battery to run its EFI system, it created a cascade of followers, starting with Mercury then Suzuki and finally Yamaha.

    By utilising a self contained EFI system TMC was able to offer a manual start 30 that didn't suffer from the frequent balancing of multi carbies as with its MFS 30A predecessor and Honda's BF30. Gone was the need for a vacuum gauge to get the balance right, replaced by a system with plug-in diagnostic capability. Like the diagnostics used in Tohatsu TLDI DFI engines, the tachometer showed a possible 28 faults by differing combinations of three lights, eliminating the need for a laptop computer.

    The result was the MFS

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