Rest of the story-end of the season

[Rockfish9]

Monday, I pulled the boat, 3 weeks earlier than I wanted to..a week ago. I replaced the fuel pump on my 16 year old 2 stroke Merc., this is a rugged dependable unit that doesnt owe me a dime,the fuel.pump diaphram had a pin hole and effected performance,after replacing it ran great the following Wednesday and Saturday, Monday,night I hit one of my favorite fall spots, on the 3rd pass, when I went to leave the motor locked up tight, a call to tow boat US got me back to the marina and tied to the ramp,I went home got the trailer and pulled the boat..a closer look Tuesday night showed the new(aftermarket) diaphram burst filling the crankcase /cylinders full of fuel, after changing the pump and airing out the engine, I fired it up, the once smoothe engine sounded like a cement mixer... it's useful life snatched away by a defective part,.i.cant justify putting a new engine on a 43 year old boat, and no way I'm going to buy another boat,im far from ready to giving it up,so I did the next best thing and ordered a remanufactured power head from Crowly marine, they offer a 1 year warranty and do a thorough rebuild.(I've used them before)
.the new power head was ready for immediate shipping,I could never rebuild it that
Fast, it is scheduled to be here Monday,.
Not the way I wanted an otherwise good season to end(with exception to the last 3 weeks) but I'll be ready(by next Sunday actually) when the new migrants show up in May..so once I swap power heads, I'll get ready for the hard water.
I'm actually looking foreword to it.. bring on the cold.