Thanks need2fish and fleetwin. The marine shop I go to for all my supplies like gear oil, grease, and such, thought it was running good after they made the repairs and ran it in their tank. They barely charged me anything to replace the pump. They looked it over and found leaky fuel lines and replaced those and “made” new nipples as they couldn’t find those parts any longer. And they replaced the kill switch. Told me the gear oil looked great. I knew the previous owner had just changed. I suppose I could ask the shop too but they really aren’t specialists in older motors, just newer Mercs.
It is a beautiful motor. I bought the boat for the boat but I really like the motor. It runs like a rocket, especially if it’s just 1-2 people. But it trolls down nice to next to nothing too.
