Thread: Is this normal?
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Default Is this normal?

My Tolman with a 90 hp Yamaha 2 cycle has been in the shop since April
1 for rebuilding the carbs after I had some really bad fuel. A month
and a half seems unreasonable to me and today they told me they were
waiting on a back ordered carb jet and it would be delivered after
June 1. I called Yamaha HQ and found the part is NOT back ordered and
arranged to have it shipped by Tuesday. When I told the mechanic this
he became defensive and said the part had been backordered but they
had just had a shipment. This did not coincide with what Yamaha told
me but ok.
So, what I wonder is if this time is reasonable? Do such mechanics at
marinas commonly put off the small jobs when a big boat with really
high cost repairs comes in?