Almost there and then

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Well I went and rigged the starter up so I can at least run it some. I put it in the pond behind the house so I could do some trailer work on it. I got to run it in the water, and it doesn't want to idle with backpressure on it. Plus when the idle gets down below 800 it knocks like he!!. So it looks like I will be tearing into the powerhead soon to see if it has a cracked piston skirt. So much for that just rebuilt engine line he gave me. I'm not the sueing kind, but I may be pursueing a small claims suit against him for lying and misrepresentation. I new I should have sea trialed before buying, but he said he was just to busy to do it right now. I think I need another hobby, boats just don't seem to be for me. I'm going to take it out tommorrow and see just how bad it is, and get a feel for how much time I have before I have to crack it open.