Outboard question

On another note I've been also looking for another lower unit for the 18hp. I give up trying to get the original one to stop taking on water.
Of this one plus the ones listed in my previous post dads 7&1/2 isn't going anywhere. But once I get the others going again they might end up being listed for sale next year. I've got a line on a complete intact lower unit on egag, for the 18hp. I have made an offer for one I see listed. That one runs too good to just dump and as many years as we have had it in our family and it hasn't been run (over 2/3 of its life) I have to think it can't have many hours on it from new. When I did last run it it had more ballz than it's 18hp rating would have me believe it would.