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Location: Elgin IL | First I will say I really like my 618 and I can't afford a new 40K 619.I am not buying a new motor for the 10 HP of performance,I am buying a new motor because of the extreme amount of hours on my boat.I spend 7 weeks on LOW each year.Two weeks in the Fall I troll 12HRS day X 14=168 and then add 6 seasons =1008HRS and thats not counting the other 5 weeks X 6 seasons driving to the Angle to Kenora to Morison and on and on.If I decide to keep this motor I have to replace the throttle cable and if you replace the throttle cable you should also replace the shift cable at the same time.The valves need to be adjusted and the system check alarm ( the beep when you start your motor) is inop.My 140 Johnson (Suzuki) has been a great motor and still runs great but what about the starter and all the other moving parts.Another note I am not fishing a Wisconsin lake so when my motor fails I can just use my trolling motor to get home.I am stranded on a Island looking for somebody to drive bye......not fun.My question is do I spend around 1500.00 to repair old motor and roll the dice or spend 10,000.00 and be set for another 6-7 seasons.thanks
Edited by msky3 1/6/2009 9:14 AM
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