The labor sounds way too much... Where are you located?? What is their
hourly rate??

To do a reseal you will not have to remove the engine, and IIRC you should
not have to pull that little v4 to replace the tnt..

How corroded up is your tnt unit anyways?

"Charlie Brown" wrote in message
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The mechanic looked at my boat today. As I explained before, trim and
tilt acting up. Progressively worse over a period of few weeks. Just
bought boat.

Anyway, mechanic says the seals need replaced in both trim cylinders
and the tilt cylinder as well to the tune of $300 per cylinder.

He said it'd probably be cheaper to get a whole new unit. I've been
checking and it's definitely cheaper to get a whole used unit either a
rebuilt one (~500-600) or just straight used (~300). I'm not sure
what labor costs would be associated with swapping out the unit. Does
the outboard have to be removed to do that? 115 hp Yamaha on a 16'
McKee Craft. Also not sure if I can offset the cost by selling the
core unit back out.

The good news is that the motor itself checks out okay.