Acetone & pwr steering fluid mix to remove rust

flyingfrizzle · #1 07-08-2015, 06:53 AM

$300 is a reasonable amount, some one will pick it up and part it out on ebay and make a few hundred bucks. If you got the time to part it out yourself you may can make twice to 3 time that. I pick up outboards for parts all the time and usally pay $100-$300 for an old blown motor. Some times I can make over a grand selling the parts on ebay off each outboard.

bigeasy1 · #2 07-08-2015, 07:50 AM

Thanks all,I appreciate the info and help.
Just for the heck of it,I'll try the Acetone and power steering mix over the weekend,and let you know the results.I'm sure that this motor will be going on craigslist,whether I get it to turn over or not.I don't want to make a project out of a 30 year old motor.

You know how that works.First you remove the heads and possibly get it to turn,but now you realize that it needs rings etc,so you do that,then the carbs at the least need rebuilding or replacement,so you do that,then it needs a water pump,then the power trim craps out so you do that,then some electrical items need to be replaced,and on and on and on.Before you know it you have dumped far more money into it than it's worth.
That's a road I'm not going down.

DonV · #3 07-08-2015, 08:39 AM

"I don't want to make a project out of a 30 year old motor"

John, that's probably a very, very good idea. I had one of those engines, 1987 -89 175 hp if I remember right, and it was a great engine, however like all the old carbed OMC engines it was in love with gas and two stroke oil!! Not as much in love with gas as my 1995 225 Ocean Pro guzzler, but still very attracted!!