[nipper]

I recently re-powered with a 4.3 mercruiser. After looking around a lot, I decided to go with a brand new engine I purchased over EBAY. Pretty scary spending that kind of money without ever seeing the engine or the person from whom buying, but the transaction ended up working out real well. I won the engine with a bid of $3800, then had to spend $200 to have it shipped. It ended up costing about $1200 to remove the old engine and install the new one. Included in that cost was a new bilge pump. I am really glad I decided to go with the brand new engine because when I looked at the old engine that was pulled out, the mechanic would have spent a lot of time pulling off parts to salvage. The engine components were pretty darn rusty after being used in saltwater. Oh, the $1200 also included replacing water pump and some other parts in the outdrive.

I bought the engine from a guy in New Jersey. I can find the name of his shop if you would like.