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Originally Posted by bradford
I'm with Smoke. If worse comes to worse replace with a cable or Sea star, which you would probably end up doing anyway. Just don't get trapped into taking it somewhere to sit for 2-3 months before some tech who doesn't know anything about it bills you $100 an hour to tear it up.
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^^^^ This! I've been burned by auto mechanics in the past, and I finally found a couple that I can trust to do a good job and not create additional problems or "find" other problems so they can line their pockets.
In my neck of the woods, there are very few boat mechanics, and the GOOD ones I heard about has a backlog of work. I don't mind throwing in the towel, I just want to avoid the frustration you mention.
I'll do some more research and ask a few more questions before I decide to make the plunge. If I do, I'll surely get a few extra hands to help with the bleeding.
Mushman, I just bought her last month...and didn't test drive her. She ran great on muffs and I wound up talking his price WAY down, so I jumped. All I know is he only owned it for a couple of years and had the engine rebuilt. Could be that when they reinstalled the engine, they reversed the hoses.
03-25-2015, 11:08 AM
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