As a follow up to my post, the local marina guys looked at the honda. They
say there is no spark to the engine. This was the message left on the phone
to me. Does this mean bad plugs or something else? Anyone know what
something like this will cost? An authorized Honda mechanic is coming, but
not until next week. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Dan

No way to know.
Could be the kill switch not making contact.
Could be any one of a number of electrical parts.
Hopefully he does not get into part swaping but rather knows what he is
doing and has the equipment to verify parts are good or bad.
Will be at least one hour labor plus the trip cost. Minimum of $100 labor


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Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com

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"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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As a follow up to my post, the local marina guys looked at the honda. They
say there is no spark to the engine. This was the message left on the
phone to me. Does this mean bad plugs or something else? Anyone know what
something like this will cost? An authorized Honda mechanic is coming, but
not until next week. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Dan

"tony thomas" wrote in message
news:6R1ue.75749$x96.49775@attbi_s72...
No way to know.
Could be the kill switch not making contact.
Could be any one of a number of electrical parts.
Hopefully he does not get into part swaping but rather knows what he is
doing and has the equipment to verify parts are good or bad.
Will be at least one hour labor plus the trip cost. Minimum of $100 labor

Thanks Tony... as long as the repair is under $500 I am fine with it... (of
course that blows the repair budget for the boat for the year )

Dan

I would recommend you be there with him when he shows up. Don't bug him w/
a bunch of questions and talk as that will make the time and labor cost go
up. Rather, you want to verify that any parts he swaps are actually bad and
correct the problem.
Replacing a stator without verifying outputs are not there is a definite
sign he is guessing what the problem is.

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Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com

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"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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"tony thomas" wrote in message
news:6R1ue.75749$x96.49775@attbi_s72...
No way to know.
Could be the kill switch not making contact.
Could be any one of a number of electrical parts.
Hopefully he does not get into part swaping but rather knows what he is
doing and has the equipment to verify parts are good or bad.
Will be at least one hour labor plus the trip cost. Minimum of $100
labor

Thanks Tony... as long as the repair is under $500 I am fine with it...
(of course that blows the repair budget for the boat for the year )

Dan

"tony thomas" wrote in message
news:XW3ue.90748$xm3.88143@attbi_s21...
I would recommend you be there with him when he shows up. Don't bug him w/
a bunch of questions and talk as that will make the time and labor cost go
up. Rather, you want to verify that any parts he swaps are actually bad
and correct the problem.
Replacing a stator without verifying outputs are not there is a definite
sign he is guessing what the problem is.

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Tony

Problem is I am in Chicago, boat is in Madison, Wisconsin (on lake Mendota).
However, the mechanic has 15 years of experience with Honda engines and has
a very good reputation. Nice of them to come to the dock and fix it there.
It would be a total pain for me to trailer it up to him. Thanks for all the
suggestions and tips.