Thanks for the replies. I was going to try to do it myself and looked at a couple youtube videos. The hard part seemed to be putting the lower unit back together. Ten years ago I might have attempted it, but now if I can stand for more than a few minutes I'm lucky.

Do what you WANT to do, not what you feel that you have to do.
Fishing, not fixing.

Unless fixing is what you want to do of course.

Develop a good relationship with your marine service person(s).
Take him/her/them donuts when you show up.
You take the extra time to get to know them, and they will get to know you.
Treat them with dignity and respect and they will take awesome care of you.
This goes a long way; especially when you drop off the boat the day before 4th of July weekend and there are a dozen other boats and motors ahead of you.
Be the guy they are happy to see walking through the door.

Now...........go fishing!

Glad you got some Fred. It definitely cranked up fast.

49, steady rain.

nice

Thanks for the replies. I was going to try to do it myself and looked at a couple youtube videos. The hard part seemed to be putting the lower unit back together. Ten years ago I might have attempted it, but now if I can stand for more than a few minutes I'm lucky.