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Any boat repair will take longer and cost more than originallyguessed!
Gould 0738 wrote:
Well done Chuck & it's almost as if you put the mozz on the g/box. You absolutely, positively had to make sure you got the correct one, so........ If you'd said if once & never mentioned it again. they'd still have given your the wrong one, or the correct one & somehow a counter rotating motor:-) K XFXCRACXBHA%$!!! My beloved boat went back in the water today. Finally. It's being fixed about 90 minutes N of here and business is keeping me tied to the home office for a few days, so I just asked the engine installer to do the initial sea trial and call me with a report. Was supposed to be done before Christmas. Engine mounts, engine brackets, wrong brackets for the new mounts, etc etc etc etc etc.......repair held over until after holidays. Snows to beat all heck this week, slows down some more. Finally, ready to splash. My old engine was counter rotating. They don't build a counter rotating model of that engine anymore- the correction is made in the gear box. When I ordered the engine, I very specifically stressed that I needed the counter rotating gear. "No problem." When the engine and gear came in, I asked, "That's the counter rotating gear box, right? I don't want to have to switch props and most especially I don't want the boat to pack to port." "Yes indeed. This is the counter rotating gearbox. You won't have to change props, and the boat will back to starboard." So, onto the Travelift. (drumroll) Down to the launch ramp. (drumroll) Into the water (drumroll) Fire up the engine, (reportedly runs great!!) (louder drumroll) Put boat in forward.......and it goes in reverse. AAAACH! After all that......Wrong tranny!! :-( To his credit, my engine supply guy didn't quibble a bit. The correct tranny has already been ordered, and he will absorb all labor costs to get the wrong gearbox out and the right gearbox in. Pays to belabor an important point. While I've done business with this guy for many years and he would be unlikely to ever try and squirm out from his responsibility...there can be no question that we discussed a counter-rotating transmission on several occassions. Any boat repair will take longer and cost more than originally guesstimated. No Schlitz, Sherlock. |
Any boat repair will take longer and cost more than originally guessed!
I have nothing against the LasDrop - it's been flawless in 10 years of
service. But the problem with both the LasDrop AND the PSS is that if the engine is missing, there's nothing to hold the two plates together, the shaft moves up, Never thought of that. If somebody removes the engine while you're underway, it could be catastrophic! :-) |
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