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Old 01-17-2008 | 09:18 AM
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What parts should be installed in a regular winter service standard Bravo drive service? What should the parts and labor cost?
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Old 01-17-2008 | 09:32 AM
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What parts should be installed in a regular winter service standard Bravo drive service? What should the parts and labor cost?
parts? if it aint broke why fix? I just change the drive lube.....2.5 qrts. merc HP lube, and two of those little blue washers.
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Old 01-17-2008 | 09:43 AM
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Yes, whatever the "by the book" service is. Nothing broken, just maintenance. If you have a Mercury dealer complete a service, what should it cost for parts and labor?
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Well, the two blue gaskets are like .75 cents a piece and merc hp gear lube is $9 and some change x 3(it should only take 2.5)....im not sure about the labor b/c i do it in my driveway. Its way too easy to pay somebody else anything more than a beer to do. I did make one of those garden sprayer fill bottles.


I have paid for it done on my last boat and that is all they do. Sorry i cannot remember the price for labor. You getting a real high bill?


$30-40 hr labor?

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Should only be a half hour of labor plus about $30 for the oil for a single. At 65.00/hr that would be 32.50 plus 30 for the oil for a total of $62.50.
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Also, grease coupler and gimbal bearing.
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Labor is $100 per hour in San Diego.
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Old 01-19-2008 | 12:28 AM
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Also, grease coupler and gimbal bearing.

yeah....whatever zirks you have, grease them.
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Also a good time to check your sacrificial anodes.
Magnesium for fresh water, Zinc for salt, Aluminum for brackish.Also look at your plastic gimbal ring wear pads.
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Those plastic wear pads are very important.
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