Hello Fleetwin,
“The powerhead sure looks shot, but you never know….Never judge a book by its cover, I keep learning this the hard way…” You are my mentor! Yes, I bought it since the worst case, I could use some parts for my 1973 20HP or convert it to electric start motor. I spent time on the weekend to tear it a part with a lot of swearing when cutting and drilling. Finally I managed to get the motor completely apart. The lower unit needs to rebuilt but it does not look bad. The cylinder, piston and crankshaft looks good. Only the bottom cylinder got seized so I put ATF in for now. Could I heat the block up to loose this cylinder? This motor was sunk and then left to dry out and rust up as per your previous post.
