Re: explorer motors good bad or ugly
If this is a used outboard, it's an Eska-based outboard built sometime between 1973-1986. Can you provide any other information? Is it air-cooled or water-cooled. Single cylinder or two cylinder.
That brand name, sold by some retailer, came in sizes ranging from 3 hp to 15 hp. If you can come up with a model number from the outboard, near the transom mount, I can tell you what year it is and what horsepower.
In the meantime, have a look at some of the Eska threads on this forum. Some parts are available, but not all, and the two-cylinder water-cooled models have wonky ignition systems that are very, very expensive to repair.
Bottom line is it should be very, very cheap or you should pass on it. The general consensus is that they're pretty crappy outboards, made by a company that's long out of business.
If it's not a used outboard, then I have no information.
