"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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"RCE" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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My marina has a new 'special' this year. Three years ago, they had a
'spring tune up' special. They installed new plugs, rotor, cap, timed
the
engine, adjusted carb, checked belts, etc. for $195. I felt it was
worth
it, especially given the 'guarantee' for 90 days.

This year the 'Dewinterization' special consists of no more than
checking
flluids, all the lights and switches and accessories, and engine
running,
for $120. Note that there is no 'fixing' of anything involved. The
result
of the special will be a list of items checked and faults, if any,
found.
Then arrangements must be made to get the faults corrected.

What I'm wondering is: can I just hook up the muffs and start the
engine to
run the anti-freeze out of it? I'm planning to go up tomorrow and see
if
the damn thing will run. The batteries are charged, must be installed.
Other than that, and checking to see that everything works, what
'special'
things must be done to 'dewinterize'?

Thanks!
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'Til next time,

John H

my marina has mandated this service to be mandatory.. its $90 - kinda
sucks, but you cant do anything since there are wating lists to get in
anywhere else..



That sure does suck. Even a blindfolded monkey can do those simple
things.


Pay the 90 bucks and support your marina.

Running a full service marina has to be tough. In order to respond to
patrons' boat problems during the season in a timely manner the marina
owner has to adequately staff with qualified service people. When things
are slow, that overhead continues. Personally, I think it's a good idea
to utilize their services from time to time even if you could do it
yourself, because someday you may need their services for something that
you can't.

RCE


I dont mind supporting them, but something doesn't add up. I called today
asking about why this is mandated. They said its some regulation. What
about the boats that launch in ramps daily? Makes no sense. Gonna check it
out. I am not complaining about the $90 as much as the fact that it will
now take an extra 2 weeks to get the in water - my last name starts with S
and they are doing these checkups by alphabetical order with 5
mechanics... They have like 300 boats.


See? If they could afford to hire 10 mechanics, you would only have to wait
a week! :-)

RCE