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Where to locate used engines
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| scubadog |
Posted on 11/29/11 - 2:02 PM
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Looking to repower 25' Revenge with used twin 200 - 225 hp engines. Have been looking on ebay, craigslist. Are there better ways to find good used engines? Looking at keeping Yamaha's on the boat but open to other brands.
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Posted on 11/29/11 - 4:14 PM
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The problem is ...How far do you want to travel? Plenty in South Fla.
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| zappaddles |
Posted on 11/29/11 - 4:23 PM
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There's rebuilder on the Atlanta craigslist who has a good reputation. Don't recall the name but he's located in Commerce Ga. Freshwater engines.
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| dtpac |
Posted on 11/29/11 - 5:43 PM
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Call Mike Kelly he has 2 250 ox66 Yamaha he taking off his boat next week. 303-898-9621.
Tell him Donald gave you the number, outboards are in destin.
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| e_digg |
Posted on 11/30/11 - 6:21 AM
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Are you looking directly on Craigslist or are you using a Craigslist search tool? I always use www.SearchTempest.com to search a radius of my zip code to search all the different locations at one time.
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Posted on 11/30/11 - 10:45 AM
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check out scream and fly forum. It looks like a lot of tourneyment guys sell take offs over there as they get new motors every couple of years.
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| Binkie |
Posted on 11/30/11 - 10:51 AM
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Living in Florida I would say I would never buy a used outboard from my state, especially South Florida, or the Keys. Outboards are used 12 months a year here, and this is a salt water environment. They get used up pretty fast. How do you know the salt water motor you see for sale was ever flushed out.
Why take a chance. I would rather buy an outboard from the Great Lakes area, the further north the better. They live in a freshwater environment, with a very short boating season. I have bought a few 50+ year old outboards from this area, and the ones I have seen and bought were never a disappointment. All of the old outboards I see and run at the AOMCI events come from this area, there are no old outboards from Florida, but there are a lot of used up newer ones for sale here.
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Posted on 11/30/11 - 11:09 AM
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Binkie wrote:
Living in Florida I would say I would never buy a used outboard from my state, especially South Florida, or the Keys. Outboards are used 12 months a year here, and this is a salt water environment. They get used up pretty fast. How do you know the salt water motor you see for sale was ever flushed out.
Why take a chance. I would rather buy an outboard from the Great Lakes area, the further north the better. They live in a freshwater environment, with a very short boating season. I have bought a few 50+ year old outboards from this area, and the ones I have seen and bought were never a disappointment. All of the old outboards I see and run at the AOMCI events come from this area, there are no old outboards from Florida, but there are a lot of used up newer ones for sale here.
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I bought "Most" of my motor from a guy in Minnisota who got it from a boat rental agency in northern Canada. The motor was used in COLD freshwater lakes and when I got it....though it's a 1993, it was in pristine condition. Binkie knows what he's talking about.
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| Silentpardner |
Posted on 11/30/11 - 1:32 PM
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I have never repowered a single boat, but I am probobly gonna have to repower the one I have now someday in the future...it was a FL boat, and although it was well cared for by the last owner, the engine is still 31 yrs old! I know this boat was used almost exclusively in saltwater and I can see some erosion on the steering arm on the engine. My last boat was NEVER used in freshwater and I know the steering arm seems to be the first thing that corrodes as that motor was Yamaha and started doing the same thing despite care taken after about 8 yrs of use.
I was looking around for future repowering options myself and I noticed that there are a couple of companies that appear to be completely refurbishing engines and selling them for a much discounted price over the same engines new. I am curious if anyone here has had any experience with this? Thanks In Advance
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| zappaddles |
Posted on 11/30/11 - 2:00 PM
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See post #3.
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