I'm willing to bet someone so cheap as to put on a used condom isn't, and never will be, a boat owner!!!! :eek:

I've pretty much given up on buying used parts, short of props.. Very rarely do you get what you expected, last thing I bought out of the swap shop was a sea strainer that had a pin-hole crack when I pressure tested it. Same situation, bought it and it sat in a box for a year until I was ready to install it. At that point I couldn't even remember who I bought it from and I would make a pretty good bet that was the reason they sold it, sometimes you just have to learn the hard way.

strainer can be welded... quit crying and learn how to improvise if ya cant afford new parts

You bought them and didnt check them out for 6 months? Sounds like the guy sold them in good faith.

To be honest with you if I sold something and 6 months later you called me I would hang up on you. How do I know what you did with it after it left my possesion?

funny you say that I have heard of this before.

SM told my brother that they intentionally make the outside of the manifold thinner than the inside so they leak on the outside first... this way you see the leak and pull them before screwing up an engine. The reason he asked is where he lived in the keys at the time had really 'hot' water and he went through two sets over a few years time and they always leaked on the outside first.

So, with that said, it seems strange as hell that they leaked into your engine but look fine on the outside.

I know it can be welded, thank you for the info.

My point was Swap shop stories of bad parts being passed off as good are becoming more and more common.

My last post on the situation he got 1700 dollars, I got phucked, thats it in a nutshell!

for 1500 and a round trip ticket i would personal hand deliever them to him.:angry-smiley-038:

So he gets sold defective parts but it's his fault? Really?

Say he checks them out the next day instead of 6 months later and they're defective...then the deal is no good?

Come on...if the seller didn't check the parts before selling then he should state that the parts are buyer beware since he has no idea as to their condition. I wouldn't and haven't sold defective parts and most here would do the same.