"thunder" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:10:16 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


Waste of time. Read the fine print of any surveyor's contract and
you will find that they are held harmless to anything they may have
missed.

It might not help you, but it might help the next customer of the
surveyor. If the guy is reputable, as his reputation suggests, he might
take a closer look on his future surveys.




More in frustration than anything else, I drafted and sent a e-mail to the
surveyor this morning indicating my displeasure with his service and
included pictures of the oil pans.

For those interested in what they look like, I put them on my website.

The first is the starboard engine oil pan that does not have the fiberglass
patch.

http://www.eisboch.com/starboardpan.jpg


This one is the port engine with the patch.

http://www.eisboch.com/portpanwithpatch.jpg


JiminFl made an interesting observation. The starboard dripless shaft seal
appears to have some white deposits on it.
It could be that it is leaking and spraying salt water onto the pan. I
don't know if this boat originally came with dripless shaft seals or not,
but it would still take several years to rust that badly, I would think.
The survey I had done was less than a year ago and his comments included,
"The engines appear to be in good condition and have been well maintained".

Right. I'd hate to see one that he considers to be in bad condition.


Eisboch