Yamaha 30hp 3 cylinder, no data plate

[Johan Rautenbach]

Good day guys.
I need help identifying the year model of my motor, as I need to order parts.

It is a 30hp 3 cylinder motor, the only numbers I can find is as follow.
004085
And on the carb 622026

I hope someone can assist me in Identifying the motor

[boscoe99]

What are the letters and/or numbers on the CDI assembly?

[Johan Rautenbach]

If I am looking in the right place it seems to be 6J8-H0

[boscoe99]

Best guess is that it is a 1996 model year motor.

I presume that you are not in the United States? Is that correct?

Looks to be the equivalent of a US model 30MSHU/30MLHU (tiller handle) or 30ESRU/30ELRU (electric start).

I would have expected the carburetors to have a 6J8 marking. The same as the CDI.

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[Johan Rautenbach]

Yes I am from South Africa, it is not a tiller arm model but it is manual starting. I had a guy tell me that based on the graphics he said it is a 1996 30DE. Is there a DE model that you know of?

[boscoe99]

Yes. There are 30DE models. But not offered here in the USA.

For some strange reason Yamaha will take the exact same motor and give it different identities. Depending upon the country that it is distributed in.

[Johan Rautenbach]

Well then I guess it is a 1996 30DE from all the info I have received, thanks for your help