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Old 06-24-2014, 06:17 PM
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Local shop wants 9 hours shop labor to pull my motor replace engine coupler and reinstall motor into my Cigarette Top gun. Is this reasonable?
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Old 06-24-2014, 07:08 PM
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Seems fair especially if interior removal is included.
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take off engine alone 1 to 2 hours. if need to remove hatch and or back seat another hour. change coupler 30 minutes
reinstall and alignment 2.5 to 3.5 plus hatch and seat 1 hour...

that's min 6 hours up to...8 hours... without counting surprises with rusted bolts or whatever else...

can make sense to me!
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If it actually takes a shop 9 hours to pull a motor and replace a coupler they don't have any buisness working on boats. But a shop has to make money and has overhead and everything else. With that said I think 8 hours is fair but should take no more than 3-4
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What Black Baja said.
If the engine can be hoisted straight up without anything being removed of the boat it should take no more than 3 to 4 hours.
I can have one of the motors out of the SCARAB in under an hour.
I could change that coupling on one of the SCARAB engines and have it back in the boat in under 3 hours. I think the DAYTONA would be quicker since I can EASILY get at every bolt , wire and hose on either side of the engine.
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^^
true but add in moving boat around misc.time for this and that, the equipment they buy to do the job properly and make a profit in the process, they can always charge less if all goes well. No one wants to walk in and find out its gonna be more because of this or that.
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1 hour to pull if a bravo and no race mounts,,,,1/2 to 1 hr to r&r coupler..2 hours to reinstall and mise 1/2 hout for the bull$hit..
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Nobody mentions pulling and reinstalling exhaust. I think 9 hours for one tech is probably pretty close. Can we all do it faster on our own boats we are in every weekend....sure...but my time has a dollar amount as well...
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There are a lot of sob stories about time it takes people to do something, but in all reality it takes 5 minutes to remove a hatch with a buddy or two, definitely not an hour. I understand everyone has bills to pay but charging time to move work around the shop?? that is ridiculous, there are some things that just come with owning a business.
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