Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

[Jeremy90bay]

Hey all. Im having trouble diodnosing my problem in my other post. " first ride was kind of a success but need help. " But im just putting this post out to get some feedback. I was thinking about finding another force 50 within the years that are compatable with mine that might have blown up. I was thinking that if was blown up and the owner new it ran prior it might have good ignition parts, or am I just digging a bigger hole> thanks for any input, and if you are good with ignition any feedback on my other post would be good, Ive gotten lots of help already but another mind thinking would be good.

 

[Frank Acampora]

Re: Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

Scrap engines if bought for a really cheap price, like 50-75 bucks for a 50 horse are always a gamble, but a reasonable gamble. Better odds than Vegas or the lottery. I buy a lot of junkers. Last 50 I bought was an unknown 1980 Chrysler 50 for 80 bucks. Got it home and it fired right up and ran strong. I have it on my 10 foot tunnel hull, flipped it twice and submerged it and it still runs strong, Just can't kill those old Chryslers.

And if you don't get the ignition parts, you may get a good lower unit and prop, starter, etc. which you may want to keep or sell on ebay as parts. Still a good bet.

 

[Jeremy90bay]

Re: Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

Where do you find your junkers. anything other than ebay?

 

[Frank Acampora]

Re: Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

NEVER ebay--Too expensive I look, but don't buy there, with exceptions. Craig's list, and I visit lots of marinas. Look in pennysaver and notice old boats for sale on the street Don't forget to ask your friends to look out for you. Takes a little time, but eventually it pays. I acquired most of my props and a couple of nice stainless ones off junkers I bought.

Thing is, I am not under a time limit. I have running engines so if I find a junker for a good price and it looks like I may be able to use some parts from it, I buy it. If not a good price or a good fit, I walk away. If I don't find one this month, I may next month, maybe two or three months or longer before I buy one.

 

[timdan94]

Re: Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

I bought a blown 125 for parts for my 85 this past year. It only cost me $80 the t/t and l/u were good also. So if you can find a good price on one I'd get it. I"ve used a few small parts off of it so I"ve actually paid for it already. now I just have a few parts that need to be gotten rid of that I can't use.


Edit: It also had all of the electronics on it. The only thing I didn't get was the head for the block. If I had that I'd have rebuilt it seeing my dad works at a machine shop but it needed a new sleeve on one cylinder and honing on the other 3 and 4 new pistons so I scrapped it.

 

[ezez]

Re: Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

I paid a couple hundred for a blown motor w/o electronics. Maybe that is too much for some folks. Initially I paid $50 for the midleg up minus electronics which seemed like a decent deal considering the carbs are worth that much. Than I went back and bought the GOOD lower unit from the guy for $150 which seemed like cheap insurance since I just put money into rebuilding my power head. Initially the guy wanted $350 for the lower unit and I passed on it. He eventually moved his price down to $200 and I than offered $150 and he accepted it.

With where I live it does affect things as in a low population area like Idaho the chance of finding used/old/blown motors for parts is much less frequent than other places. I have browsed CL in other areas and have seen blown Force motor go for $200-$500 much more frequently than here.

Anyhow, I think a spare motor lying around makes sense on these older motors especially if you plan on keeping them and working on them yourself.

 

[Jeremy90bay]

Re: Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

Thanks for all the input. I found one running for 500. the problem is it comes with the boat and trailer. I dont want a boat and there kind of hard to get rid of up here in the city. Oh well I'll keep looking.

 

[keepNitreel]

Re: Scrap motor for ignition parts. good idea or no?

Thanks for all the input. I found one running for 500. the problem is it comes with the boat and trailer. I dont want a boat and there kind of hard to get rid of up here in the city. Oh well I'll keep looking.

I got a complete ignition system for my force 50hp off ebay for $9.99 + $12 shipping charge. I figured $22 was a very small price to pay for stator, points, condensor, rectifier & harness with everything already wired. It was advertised as a Chrysler force 45hp ignition system but when I ran the model #, all the parts had the same numbers as my 50hp. Don is right, it is a better gamble than the lottery or Vegas