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09-15-2015 | 08:56 PM

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Sounds like the scenario, said expert doesn't really know how to fill it.

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I'm betting it had little or no oil in it. Never seen a drive heat up and "Push all the oil out" and even if it did there would be one hell of a mess in the bilge. Did he check the reservoir before he ran it? Maybe the expert drive guy just poured lube in from the top until the level was between the marks?

09-15-2015 | 08:57 PM

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Sounds like the scenario, said expert doesn't really know how to fill it.

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09-15-2015 | 10:31 PM

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That sounds like a good posablility. Hard part is there is no way to prove this. Guy made an 8k mistake and didn't Evan have to pay for it.

09-16-2015 | 01:24 AM

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No he got a brand new one!! That drive did not last 3 hours. The guy esentually just swapped his drive with a brand new Mercury unit. The thing never really worked well from the time he picked it up..... Guy claimed it was the lower shift cable.

If it was a brand new Merc Bravo drive behind stock Merc power then it should be under warranty

09-17-2015 | 07:57 PM

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And now the question.... Should he get this one rebuilt... Or just buy a replacement drive

09-17-2015 | 08:29 PM

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If it was brand new, should have a serial number tag that can be verified

09-17-2015 | 08:43 PM

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And now the question.... Should he get this one rebuilt... Or just buy a replacement drive

If it was a BRAND NEW DRIVE and the same shop did the work he should do neither. At 3 hours on a stock drive behind a stock motor its not his problem,It belongs to the shop and merc to sort it out.

09-17-2015 | 11:49 PM

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If it was a BRAND NEW DRIVE and the same shop did the work he should do neither. At 3 hours on a stock drive behind a stock motor its not his problem,It belongs to the shop and merc to sort it out.

I agree... But it's not looking like the guy is going to stand behind it. A friend and I are just going to give him a hand putting one on. He might Evan just get a used one too.... At this point budget is a bigger deal.

09-17-2015 | 11:52 PM

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If it were mine I would be raising all kinda hell.... But I can't force the guy to do anything. I'm just going to help the poor guy get back to doing what he loves....hitting the open water!!