So about 2 weeks ago I called my friend and asked him to keep an eye out for a little motor - something like 8 or 9.9 with a short shaft for my jon boat. Well he called me about 30 minutes later and said this guy he works with is getting rid of a boat motor and he couldn't get it running and he's giving it away. well the first thing i thought was it needed a lot of parts or time to get it running, who would give away a good motor.  He said it was thought to be locked up, but that's all he knew about it.  That and the fact that it's been sitting outside under a tree for about 1 1/2 years.  I wasn't really interested at the time, but i figured it couldn't hurt to look.  So i went to this guys house and found a 2001 Merc 25 2 stroke setup for remote steering and it looked EXCELLENT.  We threw it in the back of my truck, along with a homemade sawhorse  motor stand and i took home until i could get time to look it over.  So the otherday i started tinking with it, realized that it was in gear, i put it in neutral and pulled the cord - to my surprise it pulled really smooth and felt like it had good compression.  Inside the hood was spotless, no oil/gas leaks or anything.  everything was in great shape all the way down to the propeller, which has very minor nicks and scratches.  Next I saw the wire from the starter relay was not connected to the starter so i fixed it.  Yesterday I got a new tank and gas, emptyed the old gas and got a battery and cable to try and jump it.  After about 20 seconds of cranking it fired right up.  no excessive smoke or anything, the idle was a little low and it ran rough for a minute or two but that's all!  even water circulation was great. ;D i still can't believe it.  So now i'm gonna sell my little 12' jon and get something a little bigger more stable with remote steering.  After i picked up the motor the guy said, it's about time i got rid of that thing lol.  so here it is, the worse consmetic thing it's got is a small scratch in the sticker.

Glad to hear that you got a great deal on the motor!!!!  

DANG!!!  

Even though the water circulation looks good, I'd check the water pump to make sure it hasn't dried out or become brittle.

What a score!

That just sucks! ;DI can't ever run up on a deal like that!

That be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is great bud! If ya happen on another one for that price be sure to call me!  hahaha

Nice looking motor, I can't wait to see what you buy to go with it.

Ya LUCKY dawg!! Now get ya's a boat to put it on and get to catchin' some hawgs!!

Nice deal!