Can't start the boat

[awthacker]

Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

It Looks rusty and crusty. Could Deep Creep (blue in color if I remember right) have washed the 2 stroke oil away and caused it to rust the bore? Not familiar with it.
I agree with Spare, if the crank is rusty, move on. There should have been some head gaskets when the heads came off. Those heads look to be pitted, if it was into recently someone might have tried to silicone the pitting.

I thought that was odd to not have gaskets. There is an o-ring at each cylinder, but only black silicone around the edge of the head. There is a bit of pitting. I guess its pretty bad in a couple spots. Sounds like I may have gotten hose on the eBay engine from Jupiter? The seller was a police officer who appeared to deal in used marine engines on the side. I paid $2500 for it last February.

[spareparts]

Those motors use o-rings for sealing the heads, if there was silicone on them, I guess some one had patched it.

I got a 200 John rude I'll sell ya cheap if you can find a lower unit for it

[awthacker]

Originally Posted by spareparts

Those motors use o-rings for sealing the heads, if there was silicone on them, I guess some one had patched it.

I got a 200 John rude I'll sell ya cheap if you can find a lower unit for it

This may sound stupid, but is my lower unit compatible?

Plan A will be to find out how bad the damage is. Am I going to need to buy a shop crane to get to the crankshaft?

[spareparts]

I don't know for sure(Johnrudes aren't my thing) Skools or Ferm mat know better, BTW its a 25 inch motor.

You may need a cherry picker to pull the power head, you may get a head start by pulling the carbs and the reed plates, you can look in the front and see if the crankshaft is rusty

[awthacker]

Originally Posted by spareparts

I don't know for sure(Johnrudes aren't my thing) Skools or Ferm mat know better, BTW its a 25 inch motor.

You may need a cherry picker to pull the power head, you may get a head start by pulling the carbs and the reed plates, you can look in the front and see if the crankshaft is rusty

I've got the notched transom and 20" shaft.

I guess the carbs are next then. I have a bad feeling that this thing is never gonna get put back together after I start pulling all the parts off.

[awthacker]

http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/2759773033.html

What do you guys think about this? Seems like a huge dropoff in HP, but it's right up my alley as far as affordability goes.