Re: Chrysler OB. No good????
Originally posted by Paul R.:<br /> I previously had a 35 hp chry. that ran flawlessly. What can I expect from this 85 hp?
Its a value judgement.<br /><br />Before you buy it, call around and ask--<br /><br />How much is a electronic ignition module for this engine?<br /><br />How long will it take to order a 'carb. kit'<br /><br />Can you get fuel pump diaphrams?<br /><br />How much is a FWD gear, or REV gear for the lower unit? How long before it comes in?<br /><br />Here's my $10, give me a water pump impeller.<br /><br /><br />The premis here is:<br /><br />'If it breaks, can I fix it"?<br /><br />If not---<br /><br />Is it cheap enough that I can run it till it pukes, then sell it for scrap---after getting towed in, and still come out about even, when I (hopefully)sell the #%^#&#%NM&*$@#&(_!# SOB for scrap, <br /><br />and maybe get enough money to make a down payment on on a engine I trust enough to hang on my boat, and take my kids out over the horizon with?<br /><br /><br />It happened to me:<br /><br />I paid $100 for a Chry. 70hp.----<br /><br />in perfect shape--- that someone had run for about 10 minutes without 2stroke oil,,,, but long enough for it to seize.<br /><br />Blah, blah,,,,, to make a long story short:<br /><br />I got it, had it bored, put in new pistons, etc. etc., for about $1,000.<br /><br />Hung it on the back of the 'ole Lone Star,,,,,<br /><br />Then:<br />I hacked around long enough with the wiring and such, until I ZAPPED!!! the trigger coils & electronic ignition circuts.<br /><br />When the smoke came out from under the flywheel,,<br /><br />I knew I was worse off than a Marine PFC coming off Liberty in South Viet Nam holding a M-16, and being 10,000 miles from the nearest shot of Pennicilin. <br /><br />I later found out that the machinests could make one available piston fit any bore. They could make any bearing fit anything else.<br /><br />But-- <br />if you needed accesories, or ignition parts???<br /><br />All of a sudden that engine turned into the perverbial $50 Army Jeep.<br /><br />You've heard about how easy it is to get one since you were a kid----- but somehow or another, you just can't quite get your hands on it.<br />that's how Chry. engine parts are.<br /><br /><br /> <br />I finally gave that boat, trailer, Chry. engine away to a guy who sold if for $ 20 in scrap. Then his kid dragged the boat & trailer over to another college 'frat' house. <br /><br />They tied the boat onto a tree in the evil/other frat guy's yard,,,, dragged the trailer out from under it... and then made the trailer dissappear after 8 or 9 of them stopped on a bridge, and heaved it over into the ocean.
