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    1979 40hp lower unit stuck

    I picked up a cheap boat, a 14ft Starcraft SF14 this morning for almost nothing, the boat is a '92, the motor on it is a 1979 Mercury 40hp. The reason it was for sale is that the owner somehow managed to tow it about 30 miles with the lower unit dragging the ground, needless to say its lower...
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    1986 Mercury 150 V6 worth?

    I had a pair of lower units listed for 22 months on CL and FB, both for 90's Mercury two stroke 115hp motors, no salt damage, both were super clean. I had them up for $400 each, I never got a single email. A local marina was selling the same thing for $750. I put them on eBay last Aug. and...
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    Need help with 1981 Sears Gamefisher Tri-Hull fiberglass boat 14'

    I had an '81 14ft a number of years ago just like that and the tag read 800lbs motor persons and gear, 25hp max They were good boats, made by MFG. Mine as getting fuzzy and giving me fiberglass splinters so I had to sand, primer and paint it back in the late 90's. I sold it about 12 years...
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    1986 Mercury 150 V6 worth?

    The problem I see around my way is that used motors are priced sky high, and no one will negotiate whether it sells or not, and whether it runs or not. Set a price, list them, and wait till they sell, it may take a while but sooner or later someone will need them. The economy is crap and its...
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    1986 Mercury 150 V6 worth?

    I don't know how the op would know how any of them run, and I wouldn't expect anyone to do a full list of annual maintenance just to sell a used motor. Who would spend the money for a battery, fuel tank, hoses, impeller, prop, and controls just to demo a motor like that. If its got compression...
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    1966 Chrysler 50hp won't steer, missing fuel pump.

    Is the early style fuel pump the same as the old West Bend style pump? My take on this from what I've been reading is that this is the first year, and a model that was simply a rebadged West Bend for 1966. The motor runs on the electric pump they have attached to it but I feel its a bit...
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    1988 35hp - Multiple issues

    With damage like that it most likely hit the water at high RPM, both pistons suddenly stopping and a filling crankcase is all I can picture that would break the crank and rods all at once. If small parts are falling out of the block, then there's a gaping hole somewhere. I tore apart a 25hp that...
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    1966 Chrysler 50hp won't steer, missing fuel pump.

    I thought about just fitting one from a newer motor but I was more thinking of finding something period correct, I'm guessing that these early models likely only got a hood change in the later 60'S vs the rebadged West Bend hood mine has. The later motors are fairly common around here and most...
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    1966 Chrysler 50hp won't steer, missing fuel pump.

    I've been soaking it for a while, no change, it shows no movement. I see two bronze bushings but no plastic where the king pin goes into the bushing areas. The fuel pump is electric, its mounted on the transom inside the boat, it says Stewart Warner on the top. The guy who I got it from, who...
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    1966 Chrysler 50hp won't steer, missing fuel pump.

    I recently bought a boat with a 1966 Chrysler 50hp motor, (Tear drop cover), The boat is an older Holiday in need of a new floor and transom wood. The problem is that the motor will not steer, it won't budge, no amount of penetrant or heat has helped so far. Second, its got no fuel pump, the...
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    100+ outboards

    They've been saying that for 25 years now. Then the direct injected 2 strokes came out, and in the end only a small handful of lakes actually banned 2 strokes, none around me that I know off have banned specifically two strokes but nearly all freshwater in NJ requires electric power only, and...
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    40hp 1980s Johnson Value

    In my area we used to have four dealers, one selling OMC, another selling Mercury, one selling Mariner who later took on Yamaha when Mariner went away here. The Yamaha dealer is by far the best to deal with but Yamaha motors are pricey. The OMC dealer was originally a Chrysler dealer way back in...
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    100+ outboards

    My neighbor just sold a 1970's 9.9hp short shaft tiller motor he had outback in his shed for decades for $600, it likely was a motor that could be made to run with some basic maintenance but it didn't last a day chained to a tree in front of his house. It seems more stuff here sells that way...
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    100+ outboards

    The motors he described are newer than what most aroun my way would consider 'antique' outboards. I was out on the water this morning and I'd venture to guess that more than half the boats I saw was running a 1978-1992 Johnnyrude, even newer boats seem to be running that era of 2 strokes. Quite...
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    40hp 1980s Johnson Value

    I don't see where they have much of a choice. With BRP ending outboard production and there being nearby Yamaha, Mercury, Suzuki, and Honda dealers, all they have left is to specialize in aftermarket parts and shop repairs.
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    40hp 1980s Johnson Value

    I just saw a completely restored 1989 40hp Evinrude in a local dealer not far from me that looked like a new motor. They rebuilt and repainted it with all new decals. Every so often they have one they rebuilt like that for sale, it like a new motor for a customer who died before it was done...
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    Where did all the used boats and motors go?

    I've been seeing a bunch of cheap small aluminum boats here lately, mostly 14-16ft bench seat type hulls. Nothing sells though, the ads just keep growing. Most are in the $600-$800 range. The same with small motors, there's a ton of 1995-2010 era 9.9/15hp four strokes for cheap. With new...
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    Where did all the used boats and motors go?

    Its almost a week later and I see that out of the list posted on Wed, only the two cheapest motors have been sold form that list, a $200 salt eaten 25hp and an older Yamaha 20hp. I see a few on there look like really decent buys, especially in today's market. The 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke looks...
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    Please advise on first outboard purchase

    A fishing buddy of mine has a 15hp Johnny-rude on his 1982 Big Jon 16, its barely enough to get it up and down the river. With a good headwind and outgoing tide, with two big men in the boat, its barely moving. On flat lake with no wind, it may hit 10mph. I couldn't imagine taking it into...
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    Used 40hp two stroke value?

    The one dealer I was at here last week looked like it was dying, they had left over motors from two years ago and the place was empty. Just about everyone I know fishes and has a boat, or three. Only I and one other guy ever owned a four stroke, and those were small motors. I'd venture to...
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