"Probably biggest thing we want to know is how much does it cost to get a PH rebuilt?" It really depends on what you want to do.....If I did my own work and just repaired the bottom cylinder only, looking at around $400-$600 for piston/boring/bearings, etc. This is based on my research online. You could buy a rebuild "kit" that has all new pistons/bearings/gaskets for around $600-$700, then pay a machine shop for boring...probably several hundred $$...so looking at close to a grand, if you do all the work yourself (this is for a 3 cylinder). You could take a chance on a used PH from ebay or FB marketplace....that state "Great compression" or "Freshwater only".....a crap shoot at best for $500-$1000. So I decided to look for rebuilt PHs ready to install....found several shops online that had them for Chrysler engines. They wanted around $1900 plus $350 core. Checked reviews for several and they were sketchy at best...lots of complaints about rejecting your core and keeping the money to not honoring their warranty. So with rejected core it was over $2200(free shipping though lol) Decided to call the Chrysler/Force guru himself, Franz Buddenburg, to see what he had. He had several PHs he had rebuilt himself for sale, so I bought one for $1500 plus $168 for shipping. All cylinders bored .020 over with new Wiseco pistons, all covers, cylinder head, ready to install....just have to transfer a few parts off old PH. Have dealt with him many times in the past so his reputation is solid with me. ALSO looked at used outboards...Merc, Yamaha, Evinrude....in the 90HP range....anything that ran was $2500-up....for a 15-20 year old engine....another crap shoot. So for the money, the rebuilt PH from Franz was the way I decided to go. And it was rebuilt by somebody that knows what they are doing, not me. Lol. I know there will be somebody on here who will say I paid too much or whatever.....everybody has their own opinions.....and you know what they say about opinions...lol.
