EX; on my 1976…..Merc 7.5hp …..last winter project
Paid $125 if I recall (sorry bad memory 🙂
- Compression tested > 105psi x 2
- $200 Tip of skeg reweld job (got taken an extra $100 on an estimate of $98)
- $100 Port side plastic screw clamp handle missing so …. Ebay for a port side transom bracket and a plastic screw clamp
- $30 impeller kit ( Approx.$ memory again 🙁 )
- $30 carb kit ( Approx.$ memory again 🙁 )
- $50 misc stuff Mercury Black paint , front Trolling lock tab missing, cowl trim rubber
Total approx. $500-$550 give or take…. was it worth it for me…. YES!
- Spent winter hours fiddling around on my hobby in the basement instead of watching snow flakes coming down
- Got a good engine restored
- $500 is just one afternoon at the Casino anyway and I usually get nothing from that investment ! ..frequently
- No smoking expenses at $8-10 a pack, skiing , snowmobileing …jus occasionnal wine !
- I’ll resell it any way and will recoup most of it …….50% would still be good ! (if not I’ll give it to a kids org.)
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