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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 05/09/2013 :  21:23:11  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I've got a line on an older Honda 2hp outboard. The guy is asking $250 for it, but I think he's flexible on the price. Got any idea what one's worth?
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 05/09/2013 :  21:46:12  Show Profile
They go pretty easily for $300-$400 on the Seattle CL if they are in good condition.

I bought a 90s one for $350 but it had a brand new carb (including paperwork showing that). It's a good little motor. Mine is the silver cowling with black and white artwork. The even older one has red in the artwork, and I've seen those go fora bout $300 on CL.
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Response Posted - 05/09/2013 :  22:03:13  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
This one has a new carb as well, and he says he'd had it in the shop recently, but he hasnt run it in more than two years. I can probably get him down to $200 for it, replace the impeller, sparkplug, change the oil, and soak the carb in dip for a couple of days to get it going.
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  06:25:38  Show Profile
$200 would be a very nice price if it runs well.

Mine seems like a little champ. It always starts easily and doesn't mind being run hard. Last year a friend's outboard died just before a trip and she motored for 6 hours on it, pushing a 2500lb sailboat.

Oil changes on it are easy.

I think impellers live a pretty easy life on this motor. It is only cooling the exhaust, the engine is air cooled.

If you do the oil change at home don't forget to remove the prop before starting it in a bucket. There is no neutral on the older models.
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  07:15:58  Show Profile
As I understand mine, the exhaust is water-cooled (the engine shouldn't be run for long without the lower unit being in water), but there's no impeller involved. And yes, the engine is air-cooled, which makes it a little noisier than most others. (Mine has the centrifugal clutch.)

With that vintage (pre-ethanol), I'd replace the gas line from the built-in tank.

$200 sounds fair to me. It'll probably outlive all of us.
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  07:21:19  Show Profile
I was puzzled about the impeller because I thought that they were air cooled. After some Google searching I learned that the original BF2 motors were <u>water</u> cooled, and there is in impeller shown in the service manual. I think they're up to at least BF2D now, and the newer ones have air cooled motor, but passively water cooled lower unit.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  08:07:25  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Thanks for the comments guys, I learned some stuff I didn't know. I'm waiting to hear back from the guy. He lives about 90 miles away, so it's a bit of a hike to go get it. Now I've got some more questions to ask him.
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  09:37:08  Show Profile
Ah, mine is a BF2A, which is air cooled with water cooled exhaust. I honestly don't know if there is an impeller or not.

BF2D is the model with the clutch (and neutral) and throttle on the tiller. The BF2A is the silver/black model that I have with no clutch and the throttle on the engine body, and I don't know what the model before that one is called.

This is my BF2A, right after I did the oil change:
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