[THEFERMANATOR]

The guy who had the work done had them rebuild the carbs and told them not to start it so they would be dry and not have ethanol problems(which is why he had them rebuilt). Engine ran like crap and wouldn't idle. Go back and look down into the primary and it's pouring fuel into it through the venturis idling. Pull the carb and open it up and they didn't even get the needle down into the seat and it was just free flowing. My neighbor who bought it had a "boat mechanic" come look at it, and he TOASTED both raw water pump impellers in it(freshwater cooled ALPHA's, so it has pumps on the engine and through hull pick-ups. He ran it for a good 2 minutes with muffs hooked up to the outdrive after my neighbor told him the hook-up was inside the boat. Also told him it needed risers because they were HOT after running it, DUH!). Not to mention all of the fun it was to get apart because of how they lined up the clamps, and not a drop of bellows adhesive was used. U-joints took 7 pumps of grease each, and so on and so on. I see work like this and don't feel so bad quoting him $250 labor to replace the bellows and switches when shops charge $700 around here(and you get this kind of hack job).

Now to find my info on setting up the limit switches and remembering how to PROPERLY put the clamps back in one.