Outboard rebuild Vs powerhead replacement

Buy a new motor. They're never the same once they frick up once.

If you dont identify and correct what broke it the first time itll happen again anyway.

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Sell it as a parts motor. Buy new.

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this ^^^^^^

it may take time but the power trim unit and lower unit each is a quick sale for $500 and thats $1k right there

now the heads are worth good money as well, you could sell the whole motor as-is to fix or for parts for around $1500 or sell the parts yourself.

i had a suzuki 40hp with a corrosion hole through the head and parted it out, by the time it was all gone it took me 4 months and i got $2800 for it after expenses of shipping most of it

if you dont mind putting in the effort used motors are worth more in parts then they are as complete running engines

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Is $8k is overpriced?

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Waste of money.

New motors are stupid expensive, but they come with a warranty.