On May 15, 8:21*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
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?

Todays fuels can skank out fairly quickly, but I can't see why you'd
need a carb overhaul only after a couple months.

Maybe they didnt' order the part from yamaha and went through and
aftermarket marine catalog.

something doesn't sound right, though. It almsot sounds like a cock
'n bull story to me. but then again....