Ok,sounds good.I am putting the carb back on this monday and i'm going to get the whole motor back together then fill it up with gas and see what happens.I know before i took it apart it ran great at idle but i never have taken the motor out yet on a boat.I bought it off ebay and it wasn't what i paid for so me and the guy had an arguement when i opened it up.When you pay $1200 for a 95 motor which i had already known it was way to much it should be as advertised.The motor looked really clean and i had asked him is there anything wrong with it,he said nope,not a flaw,his pics showed that.But i had noticed after looking at the pics after i got it the few things that ticked me off were just to hard to see.
The bottom cowl were the actually engine sits on has several cracks going all the way through from top to bottom of the cowl.You can't see any of that because the way the pics are taken.As soon as i opened the box and tilted it up i was like no issues huh,i got right on the phone and the guy accused me of cracking it all over the place,it won't hurt anything as it's still strong enough to run the motor forever the way it is but that is not the point,i paid an easy $300-$500 more then i normally would have because it looked flawless.I know quite a bit on buying and selling motors and there is allot to be learned as i am slowly but one thing i never do is lie to anyone,that just down right pisses me off.
Well i went out and started it,then realized gas was leaking out of the diaphragm and were you connect the line at.I was like you got to be kidding me,needless to say long story short never again will i buy an outboard unless i can physically see it with my eyes.That's the first and last outboard i will buy on ebay unless it's from a reputable dealer.After fighting with him,sending him pics,he knew he was wrong and i had him caught,he sent me a message if i wanted a refund,but i had already bought all the parts i needed to fix everything except the lower cowl(to much $$$ to worry about) and was not losing more money by sending it back and getting stuck with a crarb gasket set and an impeller kit and a new prop.He told me for near 3 weeks there is nothing wrong with it until i proved it to him with pics and a video and he still wouldn't work with me so i thought i was stuck with it and went ahead and got all it needed to fix it,all i wanted was for him to pay for what was damaged and we would call it fair,he wanted nothing to do with that.Guy was a dirtbag.He blew smoke up my a$% and i bought it because he had a near perfect score selling over 200 items.He had never sold anything this big or for as much money and sells little odd and end things so that is why he had a perfect score.He never sold any engines or anything over $100 so i can see how he could have a perfect score.He told me,oh yeah this is my personal motor ,i use it all the time,it runs great,this guy could have never ran this at all because it was leaking gas like crazy and it had no grease in the alley were the motor tilts up and down so it was stiff as a board,could barely tilt it.Thank God the compression was 130 perfect on each cylinder,the actual motor besides all the cracks,banged up prop but not to bad(needed replacement) which i will just leave them alone,(costs to much to replace the lower cowl)is in great shape,the paint is perfect,the engine is very clean and it runs awesome and never has been in saltwater so that is the positives.
The worst part was i never wanted to return it,i just wanted the man to own up that he lied and sold me something that he described as flawless to me that was not and all i wanted was him to send me back only a few hundred bucks for the actual damage it had,i told him i would of never paid more then $800-$900 and that would have been in perfect condition.These little mercs are near bullet proof and i had thought i found a gem but after i'm done cleaning it up,just replaced all the gaskets on the carb,installing a new impeller,a good wash down inside and out,degrease the whole motor,then re grease whatever needs to be,i can get at least 5-10yrs out of it,maybe more.
The thing i was irritated about was all the cracks.Don't lie,just tell me the truth.The motor had cracks all over it,missing the plug over the shift linkage on the outside of the outboard,needed a new prop,water pump,all new rebuilt carb,a really good cleaning,replaced all the hoses as they were rotten(gas lines and line from the thermostat to the pee hole).That is not a flawless outboard by any means as he stated.But i ate it as in money and i know when i go to sell it whenever that is the motor will be 100%better then i got it,The bad is i will never get what i paid for it,maybe around $800-$1000 and it will be well worth it when it's all done up,the good thing is the cracks won't effect the engine at all,but if someone wanted to replace the lower cowl it would be almost flawless then,i may do it down the road then i will def keep it having all this time and money invested in it.
Long story short,watch what you buy on ebay,especially outboards.Never again,only in person.((((((Sorry i had to vent,just makes me upset that there is so many people who do this to other people,people work hard for their money and idiots like this do what they do especially when this guy knew it wasn't what he advertised on ebay and knew he was lying to me and anyone else who had interest,makes me upset.)))))
k any help on the air/fuel would be great,thanks.
