| samuari,
I will get the lower unit fixed up by marine mechanic I had originally look at the boat.
This is what I am imagining at this point:
I will get the lower unit fixed by the mechanic. So lets say the lower unit gets fixed. They put the lower unit back.
So then I would need to remove the lower unit and the power head in order to get the swivel pin fixed. Now, all research on doing this aside - can one person reasonably handle taking the power head off and anything else? I'm talking strength.
More importantly - is this something someone can pick up? As I do not know anything about engines, I would be learning as I go - and thats fine with me unless the work on the swivel pin / power head is more of an art than work.
Powerhead:
well I guess what I am wondering is, I imagine that a piston, head gasket, anything in there can be replaced part by part...is this the wrong assumption?
"It would need to be ran a long time for any major damage to occur. "
when you say this, what is defined as long time? additional background: stranded after overheating. sat there let the engine cool a bit, moved again, sat and let cool - moved again, sat and let cool. Finally my last try before getting towed the engine started to fizz out white smoke (as in hot air It seemed). This was over the coarse of 4 hours but the engine ran maybe 1 - 3min on each interval.  |