"James Sweet" wrote


If it's well maintained I personally wouldn't worry about the age, '86 is
not really that old, there's still lots of them running around and the
technology of a carbureted 2 stroke has not really changed much in the
last 50 years. Perhaps more importantly, any idea how many hours are on
it? Some have an hour meter, some don't. Pick up a service manual and
familiarize yourself with the basic maintenance, I'm new to outboards
myself too but so far I've found them to be relatively simple to work on.
Pull off the cowl and everything is right there with no frame or body
parts in the way.



Thanks James!

That's a very good point, I'll try to find out how many hours are on the
boat.

Jeff