Saturday's Work....
03-14-2011 | 09:14 AM
#11
OSO OG
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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.
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.
03-14-2011 | 09:23 AM
#12
Frank's Marine Service
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: Elkton, MD
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!
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!
03-14-2011 | 01:49 PM
#14
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Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Westport, CT
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.
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.
03-14-2011 | 07:47 PM
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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.
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.
