ORIGINAL: freakingfast

About 15 years ago I opened up a K&B 3.5 outboard to knock the burrs out to find it full of aluminum chips. Cleaned it out and it ran great. About a year ago I got a used YS 45 from a flea Bay dealer, you know, the one that if you look better and check all their listings they say “has less than a gallon through it, smooth bearings". The sleeve was oriented perfectly for the side port, the problem was it was a rear exhaust LOL. The bearings were a rust cake and I could smell the WD-40 used to free them. The big problem was, some one spun the engine and in turn spun the outer race which ruined the case.

I tried to contact the seller about it and got no where. For scoundrels, I now leave negative feedback at 89 days 23 hrs 59 minutes after the moment of sale, no chance for unjust retaliation that way. As it turned out in the long run I ended up using most of the parts to cherry out several other engines.