I'm afraid that's my exact take too.... sigh

"Greg" wrote in message
news:20040215122919.04604.00001937@mb-

From my experience they are not doing much. They may send someone to a
seminar
or something but they certainly seem baffled as soon as these things get
beyond
bad plugs and worn out impellers.
Expect them to go through a, $500 a part, easter egg hunt and they are
going to
try to charge you for the misses.
"Damn TWO bad parts!"
I suppose, if you live in a metro area near the water they will have
enough
volume to sustain a well trained mechanic but here in the SW Fla area I
haven't
found him yet.
It really behooves you to learn as much as you can about your motor. Buy a
shop
manual and read it. That is usually all the guy at the dealer has done and
he
probably doesn't read the whole chapter until after he is a couple parts
into
the easter egg hunt.

It really behooves you to learn as much as you can about your motor. Buy a
shop
manual and read it. That is usually all the guy at the dealer has done and he
probably doesn't read the whole chapter until after he is a couple parts into
the easter egg hunt.

Man you got that right!!! I love my old Johnson V-4. Its bad enough my car is
way over my head, I dont need my boat there too.

CCred68046 wrote:
It really behooves you to learn as much as you can about your motor. Buy a
shop
manual and read it. That is usually all the guy at the dealer has done and he
probably doesn't read the whole chapter until after he is a couple parts into
the easter egg hunt.


Man you got that right!!! I love my old Johnson V-4. Its bad enough my car is
way over my head, I dont need my boat there too.



I have the shop manual for my Yamaha F225. It's convinced me to keep
mitts off the engine.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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CCred68046 wrote:
It really behooves you to learn as much as you can about your motor. Buy
a
shop
manual and read it. That is usually all the guy at the dealer has done
and he
probably doesn't read the whole chapter until after he is a couple parts
into
the easter egg hunt.


Man you got that right!!! I love my old Johnson V-4. Its bad enough my
car is
way over my head, I dont need my boat there too.



I have the shop manual for my Yamaha F225. It's convinced me to keep
mitts off the engine.

It's worth having so you can double-check that you're not swindled by your
mechanic into replacing your fanozolator more often than you have to. Are
the 4-strokes every 50 or 100 hours for that service?

NOYB wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

CCred68046 wrote:

It really behooves you to learn as much as you can about your motor. Buy

a

shop
manual and read it. That is usually all the guy at the dealer has done

and he

probably doesn't read the whole chapter until after he is a couple parts

into

the easter egg hunt.


Man you got that right!!! I love my old Johnson V-4. Its bad enough my

car is

way over my head, I dont need my boat there too.



I have the shop manual for my Yamaha F225. It's convinced me to keep
mitts off the engine.


It's worth having so you can double-check that you're not swindled by your
mechanic into replacing your fanozolator more often than you have to. Are
the 4-strokes every 50 or 100 hours for that service?


100 hour service cycle, but I will change the oil every 50 or better.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

CCred68046 wrote:

It really behooves you to learn as much as you can about your motor.
Buy

a

shop
manual and read it. That is usually all the guy at the dealer has done

and he

probably doesn't read the whole chapter until after he is a couple
parts

into

the easter egg hunt.


Man you got that right!!! I love my old Johnson V-4. Its bad enough
my

car is

way over my head, I dont need my boat there too.



I have the shop manual for my Yamaha F225. It's convinced me to keep
mitts off the engine.


It's worth having so you can double-check that you're not swindled by
your
mechanic into replacing your fanozolator more often than you have to.
Are
the 4-strokes every 50 or 100 hours for that service?


100 hour service cycle, but I will change the oil every 50 or better.


I've heard that the Big Suzuki and Honda four-strokes call for, among other
things, a 100 hour service that requires pulling the cam and adjusting the
valves...to the tune of $1000. Anybody else hear that?

Bush!

He's been nominated...along with Tony Blair, for protecting World Peace.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in600270.shtml

NOYB wrote:
Bush!

He's been nominated...along with Tony Blair, for protecting World Peace.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in600270.shtml




It's the Joke Nobel...there's always two joke nominations.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 01:14:58 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

Bush!

He's been nominated...along with Tony Blair, for protecting World Peace.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in600270.shtml

One of 173 nominees. Looks like his chances of a Nobel are about the
same as a second term, if there's any justice in the world.

bb

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:54:22 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


I've heard that the Big Suzuki and Honda four-strokes call for, among
other
things, a 100 hour service that requires pulling the cam and adjusting
the
valves...to the tune of $1000. Anybody else hear that?



Pulling the cam? $1000 to adjust the valves? That sounds reasonable.


....Gene says with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek.

What I'm asking is:
Has anybody heard of a factory-recommended 100 service on the big Suzuki and
Honda four-stroke which requires pulling the cam and adjusting the valves?
I'm just reporting what I heard on another forum...and it sounded a little
far-fetched to me.