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Mr. Luddite

On 3/15/2014 11:09 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/15/14, 10:59 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:36:32 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/15/14, 1:18 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:26:06 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/14/14, 9:52 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:42:02 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The second suggestion is a maintenance flush

You might want to do that on a 100 hour if that is once a year. I
usually do it at around 300-400 which is once a year for me.

(any time I have the foot off)

Gee, I'll keep all this in mind in case I buy another Yamaha
outboard.

Harry we know you just go to the dealer, drop your pants and ask him
to be gentle.

A few of us actually understand maintenance and know how to do it.
That bull**** in the owner';s manual is mostly to make the dealer
look
reasonable when he charges you $400 for an oil change because he has
so many other line items to add to the invoice.

Really ... a dealer only service? Checking for an oil leak?

Look at that list closely and get back to me.

When you put 3000 hours on TWO motors doing all the service yourself,
call me.

Why would I want to?

Then you are admitting you are in over your depth and you don't have a
clue what you are talking about.

And once again, you reach for the nonsense answer. That I know how to do
something doesn't mean that I *want* to do it.

I do understand that you buy a boat, park it somewhere, pay someone
else a lot of money to keep it running, seldom use it and sell it for
a huge loss.

I use my boat and I maintain it well enough that it will run for
hundreds of hours a year with minimal to zero problems.

Yeah, I've seen photos of your pontoon boat. No thanks.

Your understanding is wrong, too. The idea, at least for me, is to buy
boats that other boats will want to buy in a few years, maintain them
properly, and then sell them for a very good price. Around here, Parkers
are great boats to buy because there is a strong market for used ones,
and it usually does not take long to sell one and at a good price.

I've never boated where pontoon boats are popular.

You remind me of my brother. He buys a car thinking it's a financial
investment. Most people buy boats to enjoy.