I bought a used 1995 55hp Yamaha to replace the 25 Merc on my Tracker. The one man shop where I bought it installed it for me. I developed a leak in the foot and after two attempts at repair, he decided the housing was corroded and he found a new unit on Ebay and replaced the foot with the new one. Now the question. He said the unit was $1000 but he would split the cost and I owed him $500. That sounded pretty reasonable to me at the time. He was such a good guy to deal with I now wonder if he lost money on the overall deal.
Be curious to see what yours runs.
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