quote tarcigam:
Being more of a Merc guy, I don’t know much about this motor. A customer gave it to me. Said it has been in his backyard for 20+ years. Expected a seized up pile. Pulls over with Hurricane like compression. On the outside, looks like a 1957 motor. On the inside…. clearly no screw or bolt has ever been turned. I was the first to pull the inspection plate off the flywheel to see what was expected as far as coils. I have heard there were a few versions of the 18 powerhead. I believe this is the first year of the 18. Is it a good motor? BTW would always trade for Merc stuff.
Sure, that motor was made for years and there were a bunch of evolutionary changes. But I don’t know of any of them that were bad. Well not so good, maybe. Like when they started trying to make them "clean" in the late ’60’s – early ’70’s. Again, they were not "bad" but they didn’t run as well as we had become accustomed to.
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