[flyingfrizzle]

I have had luck on Craig's list, but know what you are looking at and do compression test or even better a leak down test. Better if on the boat where you can test it but not always possible. THT has a parts section with good deals on outboards sometimes. Ebay has not been good on outboards. Lots of other things but outboards go for big bucks up there. Here in NC and south of here along the coast they seem to be cheep compared to other locations. Also Mercury has a CPO program. Preowned outboards with warranties for reasonable prices. Contact a dealer about that. If you want something more fuel efficient then look at the optimax or comparable dfi. Four strokes are nice but heavy for a 20' seacraft unless u go with a sukie 140 or something under 400 lbs which is hard to find in a four. But if you like the fuel you burn now rebuild the motor you have with new coated pistons and rings and don't worry about it for a while. As said before they are good dependable motors.