My service manager used that company to rebuild some powerheads for us. They rebuilt a pair of 130 Yamahas. When we got them back they had the wrong spark plugs installed. No problem, I replaced them with the right ones. I installed the powerheads,launched the boat and took it for a test ride. One engine started to run hot. I checked the thermostats. Three out of four of the thermostats were different,none were Yamaha branded. I replaced all four with Yamaha stats. It ran fine after that. Then we sent them a 150 Merc. We got it back,installed it,test ran it on a shop tank. I noticed it wasn't pumping oil. The oil pump gear on the crank stripped out. We removed the powerhead and shipped it back. We got the powerhead back,installed it,ran it,same thing. Stripped gear AGAIN. By now everybody was pissed off,the customer with us and us with this guy. We sent it back again. Well I guess third times the charm because this one finally worked fine. But because of this guy we lost a customer.
I wouldn't use this guy ever again.
I did fill in my transom to use a 25" motor. In our area there are a lot more 25" motors than 20". Almost any boat that can go in the ocean nowadays has a 25" transom. Thats why there are more of those motors around.
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