Feel bad

[aussie]

well its happen to me im a mechanic i inpected a boat for my dad few years ago. Done all the checks comp water pressure all was good
Secound time we took her out with 5 people onboard a con rod let go
all secound hand engines r ticking time bombs same with cars. This why im rebuilding my 3.7 so i no what ive got
what happen to your buyer we call it here STIFF sh-t

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by aussie

we call it here STIFF sh-t

And I REELY like Spare's idea...THAT'S what I'd do!!...

[draglink]

Long story short. Sold my Mako to a guy in Georgia, when he hooked up to her the trailer was way low at the tongue. I told him thats how it was when I towed her from Tallahassee and I had a flat within a half hour...I corrected the problem and made it 14 more hours with no issues.

Well he didnt take my advice and the trailer crapped on him somewhere along the way and it cost him just shy of $1000 to get home( I dont know what all failed...bearings and tires were just couple years old)

I felt really bad, but then again I warned him.....

No telling what this guy did, or didnt do....dont loose sleep over it, you didnt knowingly sell the boat with a time-bomb engine, you ran it on the hose for him and even recommended him to take it to a mechanic...

If I were him I dont think I would have even told you unless I was trying to get some info on the engine

[bradford]

Caveat emptor...or something like that.

He didn't say how the engine failed. He could have tried to start it in gear, left the lanyard disconnected, run out of gas, run the batteries down, who knows. I'll bet 10 cents he didn't have a mechanic check anything over. around here it takes weeks for a decent mechanic to get to your boat they are so swamped with business. He probably was itching to get out on the water.
I sold a project boat to a guy that I told needed a transom. I even showed him how it would flex by rocking on the engine. He came back *****ing that his buddy said the back of the boat was weak and needed to be fixed before hanging his motor on it. I said yeah man that's what needing a transom means. His reply was that he didn't think it was that big of a deal.

Most people shouldn't own boats.

[spareparts]

all I know is that's its a good thing its hard to get a pilots license

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

all I know is that's its a good thing its hard to get a pilots license

LMAO..

[cfelton]

I'm with the other guys, you told him he needed it to be checked out and ran it for him. Thats all you can do! It was probably something he did in the first place. Don' feel bad, most sellers wouldn't have told him anything. When I bought my V, I paid $1000.00 for it and the owner said it sat up for two years, found out it sat for five years and the transom was all rotted out. After I rebuilt it all, motor, gimble, outdrive, transom and stringers, I posted pics in the gallery and called him so he could see the work I had done. He called back and was glad it had turned out so nice. We're both happy!