Also Sprach sfcarioca :

But after learning from the seller all the things that have gone wrong
with it in the last 3 years (replaced starter, a couple of pumps,
props, other piece of the outdrive,) I'm getting cold feet. Already a
bilge blower broke since we first saw the boat and needs to be fixed
(might be minor, like a fuse or switch problem) and the water heater is
showing some rust. A couple of other things have broken (speedometer,
wipers) and were never fixed. In addition we need to paint the
outdrive because we're keeping it in the water (hull is already
painted.)

All sounds like normal maintainence to me, and about what you should
expect to deal with in the future. It's a boat, not a Toyota. Since it
sounds like you'll be keeping it in sal****er, and it's an I/O, you can
expect significantly increased maintainence when compared to a regular
inboard or regular outboard.
Dan

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