Remanufactured outboards

[sand piper III]

I see adds on W.coast of FL about remanufactured complete outboards.I have a nice old 91 30 hp that is getting low on compression(100) and a bit cranky. Any one ever have there old motor remanufactured?Place in Englewood Fl that I have in mind.

 

[eli_lilly]

Re: Remanufactured outboards

I see adds on W.coast of FL about remanufactured complete outboards.I have a nice old 91 30 hp that is getting low on compression(100) and a bit cranky. Any one ever have there old motor remanufactured?Place in Englewood Fl that I have in mind.

In all the posts I have read about rebuilt powerheads, at least 8 people said "never again" and probably only 2 said that they had no problem. It seems like half of the complaints about the rebuilds are failures not _directly_ related to the crankcase components, occurring within a few hours of operation. This causes drama between the rebuilder and the consumer over whether the failure was tied to the rebuild or was instead due to other components that just "happened" to fail. It seems like the rebuilders get the big parts in right, but then get sloppy on the fuel, oil, and electrical reconnection. There's a lot of posts on here about post-rebuilt engines, this is just a summary.

-E

 

[dajohnson53]

Re: Remanufactured outboards

I owned a remanufactured outboard (Johnson V6) for about 6 years, and the original owner (of the re-man) for about 4 years before that.

It reallly worked fine, although in the end, I was having significant ignition/electrical system issues and happened to find a very clean, low hours similar engine in all original condition, so I sold the re-man and bought the new/used engine.

One issue with the reman I had was that the parts didn't match the model number on the engine. So, it was tough to figure out which parts were involved if something needed trouble shooting or replacing. That's a significant issue.

We had two nicknames for the engine "Junkyard Dog" and "Frankenstein".

The company was a reputable company from Florida.

I never had any issues with the physical rebuilt powerhead or the lower unit, FWIW.

 

[iwombat]

Re: Remanufactured outboards

I believe the technical term for that is Heinz-57.

 

[Scaaty]

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People that pick up old OB's and have little clue what parked it, then rebuild what looks like it needs, are something I would stay away from...simple. It takes a LOT of effort and TIME to rebuild RIGHT a powerhead, and the lower...and VERY hard to make a profit if done right...JMHO

 

[Chris1956]

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Sand, I bought a remanufactured powerhead from a rebuilder in Fla. My original powerhead was low on compression on two cylinders and I was too lazy to rebuild it myself. It also had rusted bolts from the saltwater.

Although the rebuild worked OK, the compression was low on all cylinders, but even. I never did get it to deliver the power I expected. In addition, although all the powerhead parts were serviceable, they were used, and you had no idea if/when they would rot out abd allow water to infiltrate the motor.

In summary, it is probably better to get a newer, used motor than rebuild an old one.

 

[wantaghmako]

Re: Remanufactured outboards

i have a rebuilt 1990 88 spl evinrude i have been useing for 2 years now i love it

 

[rolmops]

Re: Remanufactured outboards

I have done about 50 rebuilds,but I have learned not to touch a block that has been in salt water.
If you can get a rebuild out of the Great Lakes area,that is guaranteed not to have seen salt water,you are probably ok.
Salt water rebuilds have very high hidden corrosion damage risk,with bolts that broke while taking the block apart and they may or may not have been properly drilled out and replaced. The overall electrolysis damage is probably more than you want to deal with.