After total dismantle  ( havnt done the gearbox yet )  I only broke 1 head stud   and 1 exhaust plate bolt . So I spends 1/2 a day  clamping the block to my drill press  , man there was some Kiwi ingenuity went into that  , drilled and extracted both bolts without damaging the threads  and then found the block was #ucked anyhow .  There is a lot of corrosion  on the head gasket surface in the ally surrounding the cylinder liner ,....... and there's another  thing , I got quoted 180 bucks per pot to rebore ( they are 12 thou barrel shaped ) and I can get brand new liners for $106  each .Any how the block was lookin repairable    untill I found a new one on fleabay  for $304nz   ( all prices quoted are in NZ bucks ) . The big ends are fine but the mains are a but rumbly ( you wouldn't re fit them  ) but that still means pressing the crank , but Mr Ching  also has a complete crank assy , with pistons . We haggled might even have got a bit heated ( I had a ball )   and agreed on a freight inc price  for a new  block  and crank assy inc pistons rings etc , on my door step  for $873.

 Apart from that I have bought a set of anodes from Eastern Marine  ( there wasn't one left on it  )  a gasket set  ( same set could be had  for either 55 bucks or 125  depending wether your lookin at Temu or Ali, got the reg/rect for the charging coil there too  (Ali ), new decals off fleabay  . Apart from all that  I have worn out a few elcheapo brass brushes  scrubbing corrosion offa it ...........which leads me to the real reason for the post 

 Can any of you recommend a decent paint to  paint the thing with ? I was planning to sand corroded bits back to metal and etch prime them , sand up the still good original paint and ......well some durable top coat . I wanna make a decent job of it as I will either keep it for ever  or ask fairly good money for it ( got receipts  and a few pix so far ).

 One more thing , how the hell do you manage to get water in the bottom cyl. A few of the ones on youtube did but Im buggered if I cant see how . Mine has a snorkel thing on the ex inside the lower leg bit . Apparently transporting it wrong can do it  but I don't think I could get water up that tube if I tried . The only way I could see is if one was to yank the motor up past horizontal real fast .... like so fast the water didn't have a chance to exit the leg and goes down that snozzle ...... beats me 

 I got a bit of time tho ...... seee , after saying to myself and the Mrs  ( yeah , I still fill her with false hope ) that I must waterblast the path  for  oh  about 3 years  I arsed up on it this am and landed on my only knee  and I cant get pants on it now  , so Im anticipating a week swilling beer in front of my new smart tv ........welll  #uckit , silver lining an all that 

 Oh yeah , the old crankshaft out of the outboard  had a Fag bearing on it , on a Japanese motor ?  Im thinkin Im not the first peep in there 

In the end me and the crankshaft seller agreed that if I paid the freight ( 80 bucks ) they would send me another crank assy , and while Im thinkin that if they accept that the crank was damaged in transit  then they should pay the freight too , but  I was going to wind up with two new cranks  even tho one was bent  . When I say bent , for those who dont know , I really mean twisted out of line . These cranks are made up of several components that are pressed ..... like 12 tons of press , together . One then puts the crank on V blocks and using a dial gauge  you check the alignment , which is never spot on  after pressing , you then hold the crank in one hand and whack it with either a copper or ally hammer on the crank web  so as to get the assembled bits to twist  in the right place , in my case  pretty much reversing the misalignment caused by the transit damage .

Any how the new crank fitted perfect  so I got all keen and assembled the motor   .... and then pulled it to bits again coz I didnt check the ring end gaps ( they were ok ). Most of the new parts came from China  ( t/stat , waterpump , coil, gasket set ,  and a whole new carb assy  ). 

So  where Im at now is .......... there are some oil lines that  look like they are directing oil at the  3 main bearings  from the bottom of the transfer ports , and seeing as how the mains on the old crank were knackered I wanna verify the correct placement of these hoses as they were missing off the motor when I got it . Service and parts manual mention them but dont describe or show the correct placement . Any one here got a Tohatsu  9.9 to 18 hp  2 stroke twin cylinder motor they could take a pic for me please. The side opposite the exhaust  ..... starboard as it sits on the boat . 

 Thanks