I jumped on a deal today for a motor. It's a 2002 T9.9ELHA, I checked around and it seemed to be a good motor - and it's in basically mint condition. No scratches, nothing. He said he hasn't ran it in about 5 years, so doing the math it means it's like 3 years old or so. Said he used it a bunch during that short time, but that he literally just had it sitting here for years. I paid $800, but I sold my last Yammy for much more than I paid, so this motor really has only cost me $500 or so. I think I made out well. Just going to have to build up the transom a bit seeing as it's a long shaft.
Seeing as it's sat that long, is there something I should do before I even run it? He said he changed the lower unit oil right before he last used it, but should I change again? Should I run anything in a gas tank to clean it out? Very new to all this, so anything I can do to preserve this thing would be great.
Seeing as it's sat that long, is there something I should do before I even run it? He said he changed the lower unit oil right before he last used it, but should I change again? Should I run anything in a gas tank to clean it out? Very new to all this, so anything I can do to preserve this thing would be great.
