Fountain 38 lightening 525s engine rebuild time
05-05-2014, 05:56 PM
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And this is pulled from the smart data via a computer mechanics use to plug in?
This sounds like an interesting report!!!
I'll ask my mechanic about this tomorrow...
This sounds like an interesting report!!!
I'll ask my mechanic about this tomorrow...
05-05-2014, 06:29 PM
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Personally I think 400 hrs is too low of an interval to get into the lower of a lightly used recreational boat. You hour scan will show if the boat has been used like a racer or a cruiser
05-05-2014, 10:39 PM
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I wouldn't touch them until after the season but I want this report for sure....This is awesome !!!!!!! If my mechanic doesn't have this unit to pull the report, can I purchase one? Whats the actual name of the computer? Im sure I can research it but you probably already know....
Man this tell the story about your boat without question and if as per your analogy with 200 hrs of idle time, I wouldn't rip them apart until 600 hours lol
Man this tell the story about your boat without question and if as per your analogy with 200 hrs of idle time, I wouldn't rip them apart until 600 hours lol
05-06-2014, 03:26 AM
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I wouldn't touch them until after the season but I want this report for sure....This is awesome !!!!!!! If my mechanic doesn't have this unit to pull the report, can I purchase one? Whats the actual name of the computer? Im sure I can research it but you probably already know....
Man this tell the story about your boat without question and if as per your analogy with 200 hrs of idle time, I wouldn't rip them apart until 600 hours lol
Man this tell the story about your boat without question and if as per your analogy with 200 hrs of idle time, I wouldn't rip them apart until 600 hours lol
Scantool or software can be bought from Rinda Technologies Inc.
http://www.rinda.com/marine/marinemenu.htm
05-06-2014, 05:45 AM
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I wouldn't touch them until after the season but I want this report for sure....This is awesome !!!!!!! If my mechanic doesn't have this unit to pull the report, can I purchase one? Whats the actual name of the computer? Im sure I can research it but you probably already know....
Man this tell the story about your boat without question and if as per your analogy with 200 hrs of idle time, I wouldn't rip them apart until 600 hours lol
Man this tell the story about your boat without question and if as per your analogy with 200 hrs of idle time, I wouldn't rip them apart until 600 hours lol
05-06-2014, 12:14 PM
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Ok, I spoke to my mechanic and he confirmed that 500 hrs is pretty standard for a rebuild on the 525's. He said that I'd be looking at about 10K using existing blocks but highly recommended I flip for new blocks.
The difference in price on the build is about 4K each however he did say that a new block comes with a 1 year warranty plus my old blocks can be sold for $2500 (each if I understood him correctly) That said, bottom line would be an additional $3k out of pocket (if I had a taker for mine at $5k) to have engines rebuilt with new blocks.
Make sense to you guys?
The difference in price on the build is about 4K each however he did say that a new block comes with a 1 year warranty plus my old blocks can be sold for $2500 (each if I understood him correctly) That said, bottom line would be an additional $3k out of pocket (if I had a taker for mine at $5k) to have engines rebuilt with new blocks.
Make sense to you guys?
05-06-2014, 03:59 PM
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Big block bottom ends take a very long time to just wear out. Most time bottoms ends are gone into is through catastrophic failure. Dropping a valve, water ingestion or something along those lines.
I have a friend with a 90 42 Oneanddone on here. Over 600 hrs on stock bottom ends. 454 with blowers. They are basically 525sc clones. Just got new cams and valve trains from Madera. Boat runs like a champ and still has great numbers. Unless you have a low compression check I'd personally roll with bottom ends but stay up on top ends and headers to avoid catastrophic failure.
I have a friend with a 90 42 Oneanddone on here. Over 600 hrs on stock bottom ends. 454 with blowers. They are basically 525sc clones. Just got new cams and valve trains from Madera. Boat runs like a champ and still has great numbers. Unless you have a low compression check I'd personally roll with bottom ends but stay up on top ends and headers to avoid catastrophic failure.
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