New Drives
Just a little thought here, have a 2006 Fountain in pristine condition. One drive has a flu bug of some sort. Somewhat convinced that two new drives is the right thing to do here.
So I spend north of 20K on this brain fart, what does it do for the value of this boat? Do the Merc rebuilds? Do local dumb fock rebuilds? Where would your real money go? |
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Drives
Where about in northern NY are you. If you need a local dumb fock to rebuild I may be able to help you
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what does it do for the value of this boat? Drives are rebuildable,..... |
Rebuild. I just had one rebuilt by a very well known, reputable drive builder for under $5K with shipping. That included upper and lower gear sets, cone clutch, all new bearings and seals, input and prop shafts refinished/resized, etc. Plus a 2 year warranty. Assuming you have XR's so they might be a bit more. I would not buy new unless your cores are junk. If you insist on buying new, I'd put that money towards SCX's or Arnesons and be done with it.
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Just go through them both. As far as value, its like buying a used car with newer tires. Lucky buyer but not going to pay you anything for them.
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Originally Posted by RaggedEdge
(Post 4573190)
Just a little thought here, have a 2006 Fountain in pristine condition. One drive has a flu bug of some sort. Somewhat convinced that two new drives is the right thing to do here.
So I spend north of 20K on this brain fart, what does it do for the value of this boat? Do the Merc rebuilds? Do local dumb fock rebuilds? Where would your real money go? |
Originally Posted by RaggedEdge
(Post 4573190)
Do local dumb fock rebuilds?
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Originally Posted by Clustergear
(Post 4573259)
Where about in northern NY are you. If you need a local dumb fock to rebuild I may be able to help you
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Originally Posted by TBAG
(Post 4573373)
Boy that's a heck of a way to gain some respect of someone local that might possess the skill to correctly perform the rebuild!
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