1984 v20 cc
I want to apologize in advance for this long post: Well, I am at a crossroads here and wanted to see what any of your thoughts would be. I have posted in the repairs section "lower unit removal on Johnson 225". I want to first thank everyone for their ideas and such. So, I threw in the towel last week and took it to my local boat shop. They called me today and said it wasn't coming off. They said it's pumping water fine, just run it until she won't anymore, then re-power it. Now, here's where the dilemma comes in. Should I just sell it for what I have in it ($2800) and move on before I tear up a perfectly good running engine, or just enjoy it and worry about the consequences later? I mean, there has got to be someone out there who could actually salvage this motor because it seems so odd to me that the design of this would make it to where there is no saving it once this happens!! I can email pics directly to anyone who may have any interest. By the way, I am located about 30 miles east of Atlanta. It is also on a dual axle aluminum slide on trailer. Let me know if anyone wants pics, or just wants to sway me in a certain direction because I can literally go either way with this at this point. Thanks again for everyone's input.
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