[3 Squids]

Well got some bad news today. My lower unit was shot, I knew that already. Apparently the lower unit on the parts motor is also shot. Been searching all afternoon for one and have come up empty handed. I asked the motor man if rebuilding them was a good option and he suggest finding a good used one over rebuilding. Not real sure why but for now I guess I'll take his advice.

So if any of you got any laying around a brother could really use some help right now!!

Also he asked me if I was aware the motor wasn't seated to the transom properly. I asked him what he meant and he said he noticed a gap at the bottom of the mounting bracket. He tried to tighten it and couldn't. He said he loosened the top bolts and tightened the bottom and there was a gap at the top. So pretty much my motor is teeter-tottering top to bottom. Not a real happy camper right now. I have been without my boat for the past 2 months to get a transom put it and it's not done right. I feel with YouTube and advice I could of gotten here or any other forum I could of tackled this project myself and saved a lot of time and headache.

It appears to be about a 1/16" or less gap so I'm thinking maybe I can use a long block to true it up??? What are your thought? I have a photo but seem to be having issues with Photobucket so I'll try to get that up ASAP.