I posted a thread a while back requesting advice buying a 2-stroke 15hp Evinrude or Johnson and appreciate the responses that helped in my purchase. I ended up buying a very clean 1990 Evinrude short shaft from an OB refurbisher an hour from San Diego. They had determined the compression was 110...
I am replacing my '89 8hp Johnson with an Evinrude or Johnson 15hp 2-stroke. My first inclination was to get the newest one I can find, but I have heard the 90s BRP models started using more plastic parts and are not necessarily better than the older models. I have a chance to buy a '79 Johnson...