Selling an engine that was in Sandy

[Striper80]

I'm in the process of repairing and painting the cowling. I do Autobody for a living so she'll be as good as new. I was more looking for any suggestions as to testing her out.

[spareparts]

what Ridge said, bolt it on and take it for a spin. Do you know of anyone repowering a boat that has the same controls? swap it out, run it around for an hour, take it off and put it up for sale

[THEFERMANATOR]

Disclose all info you know up front, and be honest. Put it on the receipt for it that it was a sandy engine, but wasn't submerged, and both you and the buyer sign it and make a copy for each of you. And tell whoever buys it as is no guarantee. That's about all you can do It's sad that you now almost have to be a lawyer to just sell an old engine, but that's the world we now live in.

[randlemanboater]

When I sold the Merc 150 that came on my V-20 I made a video of it starting, idling, running on the boat before I took it off...a picture is worth a 1000 words, a video is worth a million.

[smokeonthewater]

how much are you asking for said motor?

[Striper80]

Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

how much are you asking for said motor?

I'm not quite sure yet. Before Sandy I had just gone through the tilt/trim unit,replaced all the seals in the lower unit,and repainted the cowling. Plus the powerhead is only a few years old w 126 hrs on it. Now I have no idea.
My original plan was to try and get a v20 w a bad engine and put it on there and be done with it but of didn't work out that way.