outboard rebuilding, why?

[tsubaki]

Ferm, if you lived closer, I would be at your house about every afternoon or weekend.
Honest to God there isn't that many reputable outboard mechanics around.
Biggest problem is they just don't know.
What is worst, they don't know that they don't know.

[THEFERMANATOR]

I'll be the first one to admit I don't know it all. I learned humility awhile back. the difference is I WILL find out. ALOT of people out there in the industry think they know it all.

[tsubaki]

Carburetor???
Oh I've heard of them.
If they can't diagnose it with a machine, it can't be fixed.
Jackasses last year replaced $700 worth of catalytic converters (4) on a truck of ours because the machine said so.
Afterwards I found the real problem, a busted harmonic balancer.
$69 with shipping.

[Enforcer]

Great right up!! So when you going to pM the address for me to send my spare 225 to??

[randlemanboater]

I once looked at a car a guy had for sale, he said he had "rebuilt" the motor.

I opened the hood and the motor had obviously never been touched so I asked him what all he did during the rebuild.

He said he had done "everything, you know spark plugs, plug wires, changed the oil, new points (it was a while back)".....he honestly thought that he had rebuilt the motor.

As for those who say a rebuild won't be as good as the original, any decent hot rodder will tell you they are wrong......if its done right.

[cterrebonne]

i like how you work ferm with checking the tolerances. honda with their outboards are fanatics about tolerences and balance, they kept them tight. also incase anyone was wondering, what ferm does is called blueprinting the engine before building. if you buy a blueprinted engine which is overhauled then like said before should run better than before. especially if its a 90's omc before BRP took them over.

[THEFERMANATOR]

To me a standard rebuild involves checking all the tolerances, you oughta see me blueprint an engine. I break out all the fancy micrometers and dive in. I build my performance engines to some strict tolerances. I can normally tell a thousandth or 2 just by feel and looking at them, but when I want em right I break out all the neat toys.