If i can get the OX66 complete with binaccle cables keys etc, for $3500 should i jump on it? Only issue its 550lbs.


Talked with the owner it has 530 hours but its a 30" shaft. He will let it go for $3500.

My dad just passed away and i had to use $520 of the outboard money to cover what insurance did not on the funeral and burial expenses. So i have $3000 to find an outboard.

hey I'm sorry for your loss. I didn't know how much the 250 weighed. It is a great engine though. I have a 2.6L 225 Yamaha. It is the same weight as all the 150-200 2.6L's. they are older motors but I still see good clean ones every once and a while. Also watch for a V6 Excel. That's what they called the early 225's

I am really worried about the shaft length on the OX66. If it wasn't for that i might have already bought it.

Sorry about your dad, know the feeling as I lost mine 9 years ago. As for the YAMAHA 250, it is too heavy and way out of it's element for a V-20. The 76 degree YAMAHA's are best suited for pushing heavy loads as they drink as much fuel as the old OMC V-8's did, but make almost as much torque as they did. For a bracketed boat in teh 200HP range, you won't find a much better match than the older 2.5L MERCURY. They had a long production run, parts are easy to find, pretty reliable once you removed the oil injection, and they are easy to work on if you find a carbed engine.

Found a couple more motors that may work, not sure if they are 2.5L or a 3.0L. May have to do some "horse trading" to get one.

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/3016036425.html

2000 Mercury 200 EFI $4000

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/2995535437.html

1994 Mercury 2.5L 200 $2000

pensacola.craigslist.org/boa/3032228907.html

2000 250 Merc EFI (dont know how a 250 got here. :head: )

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/2991667409.html

1991 Mercury 2.5L $950

Still waiting to hear from Kenny at Emerald Coast Marine about the twin 2003 Optimax 225's. Should know something this week.

I might be wrong but in '91 i thought the mercs were still 2.4's

I like that '94 for 2k.

The 2.5L came out in 90, but 91 still had some 2.4L engines coming out with steel sleeved engines.

Did some searching on craigslist for Yamaha. All i can find are blown engines. Did find an excel but lost where i found it.

I had a 2.4 Merc 175hp That thing pushed the Sea Ox good and man it was good on gas! BS just put it on his 23 Seacraft and loving it!