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What is the approximate cost for an engine rebuild?
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<blockquote data-quote="Johny25" data-source="post: 275343" data-attributes="member: 7791"><p>Cost would be $800-1200 minimum from a shop. Your best bet is to keep an eye out on CL or the papers for a 20-25-30-35 hp Johnson or Evinrude from I believe 1977-1997 that has a good powerhead. I picked up a 1985 30hp with a great powerhead (great motor all around actually) for $250 just so when I need to rebuild my 88' it will only cost me a powerhead to exhaust gasket and a few hours labor. It is really not that hard to swap a powerhead. So just keep an eye out for a motor that has good compression and pick it up for cheap as a backup. Much more reasonable than a rebuild on these older motors. Fact is some shops won't even work on motors over 25yrs old anymore.</p><p></p><p> Don't quote me on the exact years..... I am trying to do this off memory. But what you need is the 31.8 ci block and they used the same one for many years on the 20's-25's-30's-35's</p><p></p><p> 1977-1984 any 25-35</p><p> 1985 to 97' any 20-25-30</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johny25, post: 275343, member: 7791"] Cost would be $800-1200 minimum from a shop. Your best bet is to keep an eye out on CL or the papers for a 20-25-30-35 hp Johnson or Evinrude from I believe 1977-1997 that has a good powerhead. I picked up a 1985 30hp with a great powerhead (great motor all around actually) for $250 just so when I need to rebuild my 88' it will only cost me a powerhead to exhaust gasket and a few hours labor. It is really not that hard to swap a powerhead. So just keep an eye out for a motor that has good compression and pick it up for cheap as a backup. Much more reasonable than a rebuild on these older motors. Fact is some shops won't even work on motors over 25yrs old anymore. Don't quote me on the exact years..... I am trying to do this off memory. But what you need is the 31.8 ci block and they used the same one for many years on the 20's-25's-30's-35's 1977-1984 any 25-35 1985 to 97' any 20-25-30 [/QUOTE]
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