let my old friend down today

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

thanks step, i have been around & used machinery ,motors, & tools all my life. it doesn't bother me a bit when things wear out because you use them as they were designed. i hate this failure was owner negligence. if i had been cruising along and it blew, no problem.

the prevailing view is dump the injection system, but i have resisted this and a simple electrical glitch caused a catastrophic event.

looking forward to embracing the new technology and being dragged into the current century

My wife says i did it subconsciously because i have been talking about a new motor for 2 years

thought about it, ferm. but then i'd be stuck with gas sucking go fast hold on technology.
doesn't sound bad does it.
i'm still weighing options.

It's still your cheapest quickest option of getting back on the water. Then you can wait a few weeks and see if any off season sales come up.

[bradford]

Not a Merc guy, but will the 200 accept parts from the 175? If so, You have a spare parts motor.

Not to be confused with a Spareparts motor.

[phatdaddy]

200 is a 2.5 block, 150 is a 2.0, lot of the electrical is the same. i think?

reaching a point in my life where i know i have x number of boating days left,
think i'd rather be out in it than working on it.