Hello out there, after researching and reading through hundreds of posts on this site I finally decided to join so I can try to learn a little more about this engine.
I recently purchased a 16 ft legend from my neighbour with a 1994 40 HP force on it. Originally I was trying to help him out by taking a look at it for him. After trying all the tricks and hoping it was just a stuck ring I finally popped of the the head cover off and found the bottom piston had damage on the top of it. I noticed some minor markings on the bottom of the cylinder wall and do not want to pull the power head of and get it bored out, without seeing a picture I know it is hard to reccomend what I should do. In this case with it only being a two cylinder should I replace both pistons or can I get away with only replacing the one?
As I live in Ontario, I can not get OEM parts for this outboard and will have to rely on getting them from E-Bay, has anyone had any dealings with parts from E-Bay and any recomendations would be appreciated.
I have already wrote off getting this motor up and running this year and after pricing out how much a new motor would cost me, I have decided to take a crack at it over the winter and see if I can rebuild it. I have read on some of the other posts that the pistons can be removed without taking the powerhead off, is this possible to do with the 40 HP and if so is it the same way as described in the other posts of the same subject?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I would like to try and save alot of money and get this motor up and running again.
I recently purchased a 16 ft legend from my neighbour with a 1994 40 HP force on it. Originally I was trying to help him out by taking a look at it for him. After trying all the tricks and hoping it was just a stuck ring I finally popped of the the head cover off and found the bottom piston had damage on the top of it. I noticed some minor markings on the bottom of the cylinder wall and do not want to pull the power head of and get it bored out, without seeing a picture I know it is hard to reccomend what I should do. In this case with it only being a two cylinder should I replace both pistons or can I get away with only replacing the one?
As I live in Ontario, I can not get OEM parts for this outboard and will have to rely on getting them from E-Bay, has anyone had any dealings with parts from E-Bay and any recomendations would be appreciated.
I have already wrote off getting this motor up and running this year and after pricing out how much a new motor would cost me, I have decided to take a crack at it over the winter and see if I can rebuild it. I have read on some of the other posts that the pistons can be removed without taking the powerhead off, is this possible to do with the 40 HP and if so is it the same way as described in the other posts of the same subject?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I would like to try and save alot of money and get this motor up and running again.