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Took the motor apart yesterday and found a spot around the number four cylinder on the cylinder head corroded, it had not eaten into the cylinder but made the head gasket fail for that cylinder. After being in the motor, it was definitly not well cared for at some point in it's life. Water lines clogged with salt and sand, just nasty, as if it were run and put up instead of running some fresh water through it. I was not sure what I would face, thought I might need a new head so put in a call and found out it would be $1100.00 dollars at the dealer. Did some research online and could not find any used parts on ebay or anywhere else for that matter.
Decided to go ahead and take the head in to town this morning, BJ's Marine had mentioned a Cylinder head shop in Millville that they use for all of their work so I gave it a shot. Tim took and look and said, "No Problem," I asked how long, and he said, "You will be back on the water Saturday. Called me up about 12:30 and told me to come get it. Put the motor together and fired her up about an hour ago. She sounds great and fired off as soon as fuel pressure built. Everything looks good, I plan to put in the lake tomorrow for further operational checks but don't expect any problems. By the way, Tim charged me $62.90 to weld in the corroded area and surface the head. Did a great job on it.
See ya on the water!!!
Dave
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