[garbubba]

Took the boat to the shop last week, shift cable had frozen & broken. Turns out the shift shaft had frozen & the motor was so rusted up the mechanic said he could not get it apart to fix.

Motor is a '95 Merc 200 offshore, a gas hog but has served me well. The mechanic said he could put a Merc '05 200 EFI on it that was in good shape for $6000 & he'd give me $800 for the old merc.

Really don't want to go big bucks on a yammie 4 stroke which is what I want, just put new appliances in the kitchen!

He said much better milage on the new merc (not hard to believe) & a little lighter, both things I'd want.

What do y'all think?

Doug