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August 15, 2017 at 5:33 pm
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My vote goes to the older CD series. Much easier and cheaper to find replacement parts even though they are older. The 80’s motors seem to have issues with the CDI ignition, and were recommended to be run 100:1 by OMC which caused a lot of internal rust on motors in storage. They did revise it after a few years back to 50:1, but most owners never were aware of that and followed the 100:1 sticker on the motor.