need advice on used outboard purchase...

[kamikaze]

bsteckel:

Motor as a ignition harness but no controls for throttle and shift, or trim/tilt and there is no prop either. I'd be willing to ship it but would rather have you come and hear it run first. If your going to spend the money I don't suspect it's that far of a drive for you (then again I have gone to Miami to pick up a boat before so I have no problem with driving!)

Older powerhead is just that (80's) mounted on a 1994 engine As THERM said MERC made a ton of these engines. When I got the motor the powerhead had two bad cylinders (oil reservoir hose came off at the injector and it didn't take long after for the problem to set in after that! - thus why the oil injection system is now removed.)

Instead of rebuilding the original powerhead, I purchased a older used 135 HP 2.0L powerhead off of Screamandfly.com. Suspect powerhead was rebuilt at sometime as the welch plug isn't stamp with a model number and typically they are. I rebuilt the carbs from the original powerhead and reinstalled them on the replacement ,bring it back to a 150. Believe the stator and trigger have been recently replaced as well based on their appearance alone.

Kamikaze