Real sorry to hear about your engine Skunk. But just to add to what you said about paying your money and taking your chances... I have a 91' 200 HP Merc sitting on the back of my 21' Cruisers cuddy....and aside from a faulty temp sensor on the left head it's never given me a problem... Can't say it starts on the very first spin, but she usually starts within the first few seconds of cranking. My point being that I completely agree with you.. you get good and bad with almost anything... it's like life.. it's a crap shoot. 
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer
1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer
1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango.
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