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Originally Posted by seafordguy
(Post 3349506)
40 hours is ridiculous if my dumb-backyard-ass can do it in a day.....
What's even worse - they charged him for an oil change and all they did was switch filters and write a new date on it. My buddy is checking the invoice, but he also thinks they charged him for a drive lube change, which clearly hadn't been done. |
Good deal!!! Gantry was one of the best investments I've made! And now that I'm moving my buddies want to borrow it until I get a house. lol
I had a similar Saturday but didn't have any help.. Had to pull an engine to drop a pan. Started around 8 am and finished around 5:30 pm. sucked but at least it's done! |
Originally Posted by Panther
(Post 3349834)
I had a similar Saturday but didn't have any help.. |
Originally Posted by seafordguy
(Post 3349401)
Got to do some work on a Volvo Penta for a buddy Saturday.
Definitely some areas that I thought were designed better than Mercruiser. Local Marina quoted him 7k to do the work, 40 hours worth was just labor!! He bought an entire new Transom Assembly for $2700, and hopes to sell the old one for a few hundred. We started at about 10am and were done by about 9pm including assembling the hoist, engine out, old TA off, new TA on, engine back in. Hit a couple snags along the way, and had to make a couple trips to Advance, but it felt good to keep that marina from making 5k on him. |
Originally Posted by seafordguy
(Post 3350010)
Help is a relative term:lolhit::lolhit:
I've had "help" that caused more harm than help:eek: And yes, some of the Volvo stuff is waay better engineered than the merc stuff. |
Cool story........glad you were able to help AND save the guy 5K! :D
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Originally Posted by seafordguy
(Post 3349506)
40 hours is ridiculous if my dumb-backyard-ass can do it in a day.....
What's even worse - they charged him for an oil change and all they did was switch filters and write a new date on it. My buddy is checking the invoice, but he also thinks they charged him for a drive lube change, which clearly hadn't been done. Sounds like they individually priced each job and added up the hours..... Pull motor X # hours, replace motor X #, pull drive X #, replace drive X # and so on. Pricing individually doesn't allow for the if you pull the motor the time for pulling the drive is already included. :eek: |
Working on a boat is always a great way to spend a Saturday.....:drink:
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