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So im looking to buy used mud boat. What are big things to look for on the motors? Like your dead giveaways to walk away all the way down to the small stuff. Thx

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Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:44 pm
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Main thing I look for is the sellers intelligence and reasonableness. If they don’t know much about it, They probably weren’t in tune with the maintenance, or worse they thought they were and F’d it up. I’ve walked away from plenty of dumbasses. Went to look at a GD that clearly needed lower seals and was losing grease, seller told me that the water cooled the shaft and the grease wasn’t really needed. Idiot.

When you look at a motor look at the case for oil leaks, Does it have faded plastic on the cowling? How much rust is present, how was it stored, does anything look ghetto rigged, etc. does the throttle have full travel, ask what the motor runs at WOT, make sure it idles good. Most stuff can be fixed relatively easily, but some people want top dollar for their neglected shit that they are ditching. There are well maintained used motors out there, hang on for one of those.


Wed Jul 04, 2018 3:51 pm
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Everything Bigbend said plus if you are gonna buy used don’t buy a pig in a sack. I would insist on a test drive. If. That’s too much hassle I would walk.

When doing things like buying used I would read into everything. I could be wrong. If the guys house looks like shit, the shop is a mess and the lawn looks like you could hunt for rabbits in it then I would assume the same thing about that rig.

I keep a maintenance log since day one. If someone asked to see mine if I was selling I would not be offended to show it.

If you have someone in your life that knows these motors by all means bring them along.

If any of this is too much too ask from the seller then walk

There are some decent used rigs out there

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Wed Jul 04, 2018 4:49 pm
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So do I buy a stock motor or a Delta mod motor?
Also I see some ppl saying that the motor has low hours and that they just replaced the tach..... Hmm
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Where are you located?


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I have my motor for sale and I’m in MN. I’d be willing to meet half way and let you run it on my boat if you were interested in just the motor.


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check their maintainace records. Be sure to get a leak down test and lastly see how it runs.

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