i had to do this on a truck once, guy said he wouldn't do warranty work on my truck since i had bought it at another dealership, Keith

Thanks MT..I have one more Nissan dealer about 35 miles away in Lake Wales.He said word for word what you just did.Since I didn't buy it there he won't work on it either. I went through the Net the other day. I can't find the main Nissan Outboard site.All of the sites are dealership. I'm just glad it's running fine and it wasn't more than 1000 dollars. I've rebuilt 3 small engines before my friend but never an outboard, { They were all Briggs and Strattons} simple motors.It;s a 4 stroke so shouldn't be too hard to work on. I do plan to baby this engine and do all the maintenance updates. So far it purrs.

Also ..thanks Phil from Maine for your encouraging reply. have a great day. I will continue to research Keith and yes I do keep reciepts and records. The fellow didn't refuse to work on my motor..He just acted like he hated my guts. When he was selling th emotor he acted like we were buds. A seroius lesson learned that's all. I wasn't taught how to rebuild engines. I simply read a Briggs book cover to cover twice. I have a lawn business and the shops were too long getting my mowers back ot me. I plan to do th esame with the boat motors. Get a good book and read.