Well, there's always the old adage... "you can pay me now, or you can pay me later". While I agree it's a shame to burn days waiting for a mechanic to do the carbs, I cannot help but think.... how much additional time will be spent if you have to buy and mount a new engine? Really, I wish you luck and good fortune with your gamble. If it were me, since I simply cannot afford a new engine, I'd follow Ferm's advice. These guys know what they are talking about, they do this for a living. But maybe you'll get lucky and nothing will happen.
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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.
If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so
Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly.
(Leave the rest to God) 
Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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