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03-04-2014, 07:19 PM
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[QUOTE=turbo rr;4084506]What you are saying is that when you received the boat the engine was already blown? Or did it blow during the first run?[/QUOTE
Sorry let me clarify. This pos was blown up when it got here. Never made it off the trailer.
Sorry let me clarify. This pos was blown up when it got here. Never made it off the trailer.
03-04-2014, 07:25 PM
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I went to look at a consignment boat (a Fountain, of course 
) in January, one time, several years ago at a boat shop near Lake Cumberland. That engine was winterized, too, as it should have been. Took my own scanner with me to scan the engine (500EFI). The hours on the ECM were off by about 150 hr from what it was advertised as having and showing on the hr meter. I had them start/run the engine anyways and paid them the $125 they wanted to re-winterize it because I wanted to see/hear it run. Best (and only) money I spent that day. 
) in January, one time, several years ago at a boat shop near Lake Cumberland. That engine was winterized, too, as it should have been. Took my own scanner with me to scan the engine (500EFI). The hours on the ECM were off by about 150 hr from what it was advertised as having and showing on the hr meter. I had them start/run the engine anyways and paid them the $125 they wanted to re-winterize it because I wanted to see/hear it run. Best (and only) money I spent that day.
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03-04-2014, 07:29 PM
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Ok- this boat was represented as being mint! It was represented as having one motor with only 3 hours and the other with only 80 hours. Boat was represented as being very well maintained and fully operational by dealer. It was not represented as a non running boat. I am sure they didn't know it had a blown motor. If they did then wow. There are people in this world that only car about making a quick buck. The controversy lies in the fact that they are turning their back on a customer who put faith in the seller.
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03-04-2014, 08:50 PM
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My attorney is in Springfield, but she wont touch it. It is a he said/she said deal. Who is to say if your family member got it off the trailer, failed to check fluids and ran it till it blew up, put it back on trailer and then sued? It is a bad deal but someone failed in the due diligence department.
03-04-2014, 08:51 PM
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No no dynomite but i remember right before they shipped it to him a picture of it showed up on here of them towing it with a pontoon boat off the lift to the boat ramp. Should have been a dead give away right then and there.
Just looking for some help with this situation. Its going to take over 20 grand just to get it functional again.
Just looking for some help with this situation. Its going to take over 20 grand just to get it functional again.
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The 43 Super V was driven to the lift last time used and actually winterized by a mechanic (not one of ours) on the lift at the end of the season. No one involved in the process knew there was a problem with the engine.
03-04-2014, 08:56 PM
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[QUOTE=eddie;4084623]Let's clear the air here, I - Ed Champion brokered the boat dba Lake Ozarks Marine for the seller. It has 1,000hp blower motors. Lake Ozarks Marine never worked on the boat and soley brought the buyer and seller together as a consignment boat. All infomation known by me regarding the power was disclosed and receipts for work performed given to the buyer.
The boat was towed to the ramp, due to the fact it was around 20 degree outside and we had to move three boats around to get the Nortech off the lift and on it's trailer for the survey and at that time a mechanical inspection at buyers request.
A survey was done but no sea trail due to the weather conditions. Buyer declined to do a mechanical inspection later and instead have his mechanic go over the boat once delivered in OH. The buyer never saw the boat in person before it arrived in OH. He sent drivers to pick it up January 11, 2014,
The boat was ran on the trailer and valves set, during the valve lashing procedure is when they noticed the problem. I was told on January 17 two lifters were broken.
The 43 Super V was driven to the lift last time used and actually winterized by a mechanic (not one of ours) on the lift at the end of the season. No one involved in the process knew there was a problem with the engine.
There you have it, thanks for stepping up to the plate to tell your side. These things can get blown way out of proportion in a hurry ( no pun intended)
The boat was towed to the ramp, due to the fact it was around 20 degree outside and we had to move three boats around to get the Nortech off the lift and on it's trailer for the survey and at that time a mechanical inspection at buyers request.
A survey was done but no sea trail due to the weather conditions. Buyer declined to do a mechanical inspection later and instead have his mechanic go over the boat once delivered in OH. The buyer never saw the boat in person before it arrived in OH. He sent drivers to pick it up January 11, 2014,
The boat was ran on the trailer and valves set, during the valve lashing procedure is when they noticed the problem. I was told on January 17 two lifters were broken.
The 43 Super V was driven to the lift last time used and actually winterized by a mechanic (not one of ours) on the lift at the end of the season. No one involved in the process knew there was a problem with the engine.
03-04-2014, 09:07 PM
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Sorry but the buyer didn`t do their due diligence .I bought a consignment boat 2 years ago. I made sure the engines were run. I did break my own rule of not sea trialing the boat and on the first ride it was like a murder scene in the bilge with oil leaks galore. That was just the start of discovering the hackery.
Ive been paying for that mistake ever since. Had I done that sea trial I would have never bought the boat most likely.
Never trust the word of anyone.
Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.. Thats my new moto
Ive been paying for that mistake ever since. Had I done that sea trial I would have never bought the boat most likely.
Never trust the word of anyone.
Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.. Thats my new moto
