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I worked for years as a mechanic in a dealership, you get used to stuff like that after a while. I can;t count how many times I got cut or stabbed by something and just wiped it off with a grease rag and taped it up with electrical tape and went back to what I was doing. You haven't lived till...

It won't even sell for $250 here. I watched a year old Yamaha 20hp sit all last summer for $400, it turned out to be a widow selling a motor her husband bought and never used, it was still in the box. She listed it for $400 and because she refused to take less it never sold. She finally sold it...

Those are very basic reels, If it were mine I'd start with a complete cleaning, tear it apart and clean out every last bit of old grease and oil, make sure no parts show any corrosion. Pay attention to the front bearing. Nearly all of those I've had apart were binding or dragging due to old...

I do my best these days to not know anything about outboards, bikes, and trucks around here, it lets me get more of my own stuff done. I can count on one hand how many I'd volunteer to help for free these days. I learned the hard way at work a few years ago when I felt sorry for a younger guy...

I'd certainly like to see more than 60 psi in each cylinder but if both are even, its rare for a motor to drop compression in both cylinders and remain dead even. I'd look real close at the gauge and the seals, and make sure you pull the rope enough time to max out the gauge each time. I've...

They were okay so long as its a carbureted motor, and no oil injection is a big plus too if you either happen on one built that way or just delete and run premix. I sold a camo 115 about two years ago with no power tilt for $1,850, it had 127 on all four cylinders and ran great.

I don't see why its so hard to believe that some one would have never tried to run a motor they can't use or don't want. If they don't have a tank or hose, they'd be looking at $75 or so to buy one just to give a motor away for almost nothing. If your buying a $500 motor that normally should...

I've probably got close to 50 motors in the basement, garage, and shed here. Most were pretty much free or bought for boats I no longer own, and the boats sold but the motors never did. I can't see selling a good running motor for $50 because sooner or later I'll need it of find another boat...

The problem with FB is that you can never find the same thing twice and what one person sees is rarely what another will see. I can search FB, look at an item for sale, and if I don't save the link by emailing it to myself, there's no way to find it again, even if I search the very title word...

Here's what I get today on my FB and CL search for aluminum boats Assuming most will likely sell for less than they're listed for, some are pretty good deals, almost all of them have been listing for weeks, if not months. There's a lot more listed but I didn't go past the second page on each...

Those early Grumman boats were some of the best boats ever made. They were built at time when Grumman was still a privately owned company building aircraft, boats, and truck bodies. Long before the OMC and Lowe years. I believe that model was fairly short lived, maybe 61-67 or so. I think...

I've had a few boats that were really nasty when I got them, rather than wasting a ton of time and money in cleaning them I started with a good wash with dish soap to cut any grease, then went right to using some Bar Keeper's Friend and a huge sponge. its not really abrasive but it cuts through...

I've converted several of those tanks myself, they turn up cheap all the time here for $5 or so because Honda apparently no longer makes the hose for them. I don't think I've ever seen one with a hose or even seen what the fitting looks like. That fitting has a spring and check ball in it and a...

Around my way everyone wants a boat, motor, and trailer for $550. I had my 16ft Mirrocraft hitched to the truck in my driveway this morning, I had just gotten back from a run down the river for some catfish. I hosed it down, cleaned the fish and was letting it dry before putting it away. When I...

I read somewhere that a good nit of these new plant based meats are worse for you than real beef. I tried a burger once not knowing what it was and it was so bad I couldn't swallow it. It had an off or chemical taste to it. I thought the girl coking at the grille used some kitchen chemical...

If the place is loaded with snakes there shouldn't be a ton of field mice around. I lived in PA for a number of years and in the higher elevation areas there were lots of snakes, the local college would often come out and get permission to collect snakes for their study program When I first...

I'd never join facebook total waste of time and there's no way I'd post my name or any personal info online. Make up a fake name or something and post no pics. Too many psychos these days. The few times i tried to buy something on FB I got no reply, a buddy listed a few things for me but...

You know what would freeze over before I sold a good four stroke for $250. The problem is it likely won't sell. I've watched several really nice boats and motors, all aluminum 14-16ft models and a dozen motors all go unsold all year.

Those bolts are put in before the bracket assembly is attached to the mid or exhaust housing. Before the pan or power head are set in place. I'm surprise you can get at even two of those bolts like that. The normal procedure is to remove the steering bracket assembly, which means pulling the...

Whether the OP missed it or not, any older motor is likely better than some of the junk we see today. I don't care what software is available or not available for something with fuel injections, I personally really don't want anything that needs a computer to run or fix it. When your miles...