RIP 1977 Evinrude 140 two stroke...

[Lance Pearson]

I am aware of the weights and so on. The old engine had wildly different compression readings and he also did compressed air pull downs on it and confirmed that the engine had been severely overheated as well as quite probably scored cylinder walls. The new to me one is just a better engine in terms of power, fuel usage, etc. as well. It was not worth spending money on the 1977 V4 old tech two stroke given all that. Could a dedicated mechanic with the right tools clean it up? Possibly but I'm not that guy so without the knowledge I chose not to throw good money after bad to find out it was extremely dated anyway.