Well I finally got off of my butt and put the motor back in the boat today!
(replaced the rotory valve and machined the block...last week)
And it ran...for 15 seconds and died! the valve hung up again...
You guessed it! now I have to buy a new motor....
this sux... I havent even put 30 mins on it this summer!!!
anymore suggestions on where to get a motor?!