Scotty wrote:

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:24:11 -0400, Martin Baxter
said:

Those CS's are damn tough boats!

You have a CS, Marty?

Same one you have, I'm replacing the Yanmar with a
Volvo-Penta D1-13
this winter.

What's wrong with the Yanmar?

What's not wrong? Cylinder is pear shaped, piston is pear shaped, rings
gone, crank bearings gone, crank scored, cam bearings shot, cam shot,
valve stem guides shot, valve seats shot, valve faces shot, injector
pump shot, injectors shot, transmission is totally 'poooned.... $6500 in
parts alone, so I said "****-it, let's get something else". It took 3
months just to find sources for all the parts. The motor's thirty years
old and getting parts for it is next to impossible. Why spend over seven
grand to fix an old motor when I can get a new, more powerful,
guarenteed for 4 years lump? What happens if I fix it and 2 years from
now something else breaks and I can't find a replacement part?

As for Vovlo horror stories, I've heard and equal amount of the same for
every other manufacturer.

The six most expensive letters in the English alphabet? 1)M 2)A 3)R 4)I
5)N 6)E

Cheers
Marty
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