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"Scotty" wrote in message news

What's wrong with the Yanmar?

Marty is a masochist.....

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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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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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As for Vovlo horror stories, I've heard and equal amount of the same for
every other manufacturer.

In all sincerity, Marty, I haven't. I first became aware of Volvo's parts
issues in an article in Practical Sailor, circa the late 80s. Since that
time I've heard similar issues of high parts prices, poor customer service,
unavailability of parts, etc. from persons who've owned Volvos and some
who've had them overhauled. I've yet to hear of the same sorts of stories
from Yanmar, Westerbeke, Universal, Nanni, or Perkins owners, although I'm
sure there are *some* such issues with each of them. So far, in my
experience, Volvo holds the record for parts and service problems by a wide
margin, which is one reason I'm reluctant to buy a boat with a Volvo, either
conventional drive or Saildrive.

Max

Max

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Maxprop wrote:

"Martin Baxter" baxter-m@ I've yet to hear of the same sorts of stories
from Yanmar, Westerbeke, Universal, Nanni, or Perkins owners, although I'm
sure there are *some* such issues with each of them. So far, in my
experience, Volvo holds the record for parts and service problems by a wide
margin, which is one reason I'm reluctant to buy a boat with a Volvo, either
conventional drive or Saildrive.


Well you can say you've heard one such story about Yanmars now. ;-) I'll
let you know if I have any parts issues. The guy I'm dealing with used
to be the Yanmar dealer, but he had supply issues with Yanmar and
switched. Perhaps Yanmar support in the US is superior to what it is in
my area? Time will tell.

Thanks for the input though.

Cheers
Marty