canadadude Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 (edited) I didn't relise that motor had 3 carbs,so if you clean them and put in new carb kits your looking at $120-$150 just in parts,plus $40 for a head gasket so perhaps the $500 price tag isn't that far off If the mechanic is good he's going to reassemble the carburators with a carb kit,your looking at close to $200 in parts alone Parts have gone up substantally since I've played around with outboards Edited May 29, 2010 by canadadude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwash Posted May 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Picked up boat and ran like a champ on big lake o! I am satisfied with the service overall.. He went through everything with me and even showed me the "bad" parts. They are professional, that I will give them. they also checked and adjusted things that I did not mention.. small items, but nevertheless, they were done. So, I feel better about it now and I am sure that the motor is going to work wonderfully for me from now on. He said the compression was excellent, among other things. there's a bunch of stuff on the invoice "report" and I will dig it up and post anyhting I have questions about. Thanks folks for all the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadadude Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Glad it all worked out for you and it made for a most entertaining thread hehehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Good to hear!!! Now go put that bill in the filing cabinet and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 No worries, I'm going 'commando'. And stop thinking about me in panties! LOL!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Fuel starts to degrade within 30 days since they started adding ethanol to it. I don't know if that's true or not and it very much may be true....I can only speak from experience and I have never used fuel stabilizer in my gas until I am ready to put the boat away for the winter...my motor is a 1985 50 hp Johnson VRO outboard...it runs just like the day I bought it but it is going in Friday to see if they can find the internal leak on my Tilt/Trim system...other than that I had one impeller replaced about 5-6 years ago. I guess maybe I'm lucky because I have heard many here don't like the OMC VRO systems but I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Where did you take the course? thanks Centennial College, Ashtonbe Campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC1OZ Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 I read up to page three then lost interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecmilley Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 swordfish happy it worked out for you, and your happy with your boat. on a more intresting fact i found a omc manual a 73-91 that would cover your engine if you want it it's yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwash Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 swordfish happy it worked out for you, and your happy with your boat. on a more intresting fact i found a omc manual a 73-91 that would cover your engine if you want it it's yours. Absolutely! How much do you want for it? Where are you? Doesn't it have to be specific to your exact model? For example, a model with power trim/tilt vs one w/o? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwash Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Centennial College, Ashtonbe Campus. Thanks John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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