I winterized the boat engine and outdrive last year by myself last year. It
took almost a full day, including the time to purchase the supplies. I
obviously assumed all liability for a cracked engine block by doing so.

With that in mind I decided to let the pros do it this year as I did with my
larger boats in the past so I called around today for some prices. As I
store the boat on a trailer over the winter in a yard near my house I have
some flexibility on who can do the service. We are also changing marinas
next year (moving to one with a reputable mechanic staff, including the head
mechanic with 35 years of experience) so we have no loyalty to our present
marina.

I found a local place that has been in business for 25 years, fully insured,
that will change the oil and filter and the outdrive lower unit oil, lube
the OD, fog and pickle (winterize) the engine, all for $155. Quite a nice
deal.

So what are you going to pay/engine to winterize?

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:30:24 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:

So what are you going to pay/engine to winterize?

Roughly $3.00 per engine times 3 - call it $11 if I include the 25
Johnson on the Princecraft.

Including travel - maybe $25 total for all four engines.

Aren't outboards great! ;-)

Too bad I have an I/O.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:49:49 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:30:24 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:

So what are you going to pay/engine to winterize?

Roughly $3.00 per engine times 3 - call it $11 if I include the 25
Johnson on the Princecraft.

Including travel - maybe $25 total for all four engines.

Aren't outboards great! ;-)

Damn straight!!

Too bad I have an I/O.

The solution is to get rid of that I/O and buy a boat that has E-TEC
outboards. :)

Even when we sell our current boat, buy our retirement house on the water,
and buy our 27 footer the boat will have I/O's. They just don't make the
kind of boat style we need with outboards and I have yet to find our
retirement boat with twin inboards. ;-)

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:15:07 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:49:49 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
m...
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:30:24 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:

So what are you going to pay/engine to winterize?

Roughly $3.00 per engine times 3 - call it $11 if I include the 25
Johnson on the Princecraft.

Including travel - maybe $25 total for all four engines.

Aren't outboards great! ;-)

Damn straight!!

Too bad I have an I/O.

The solution is to get rid of that I/O and buy a boat that has E-TEC
outboards. :)

Even when we sell our current boat, buy our retirement house on the water,
and buy our 27 footer the boat will have I/O's. They just don't make the
kind of boat style we need with outboards and I have yet to find our
retirement boat with twin inboards. ;-)

Didn't look too hard did you?

http://www.contender.com/fleet_35.asp?t=9

Nope.



http://www.contender.com/fleet_36F.asp?t=12

Nope.



http://www.fountainpowerboats.com/bo...33sfc_over.asp

Nope.



http://www.fountainpowerboats.com/bo.../38lx_over.asp

Nope.

Nice boats, not what we are looking for. But thanks anyway.

Gene Kearns wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:30:24 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:

I winterized the boat engine and outdrive last year by myself last year.
It
took almost a full day, including the time to purchase the supplies. I
obviously assumed all liability for a cracked engine block by doing so.

With that in mind I decided to let the pros do it this year as I did with
my
larger boats in the past so I called around today for some prices. As I
store the boat on a trailer over the winter in a yard near my house I have
some flexibility on who can do the service. We are also changing marinas
next year (moving to one with a reputable mechanic staff, including the
head
mechanic with 35 years of experience) so we have no loyalty to our present
marina.

I found a local place that has been in business for 25 years, fully
insured,
that will change the oil and filter and the outdrive lower unit oil, lube
the OD, fog and pickle (winterize) the engine, all for $155. Quite a
nice
deal.

So what are you going to pay/engine to winterize?

Uh.... what's a winterize??? :-P
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I'll do my Chris myself. the 3.0 is a snap. On the last good run at the
lake, I add sta-bill or Sea-foam, fill it. run the lake, take it home,
I drain the water, flush out the block with a half gallon of "pink
stuff" pull the lower unit water hose and pour the rest of the "pink
stuff" in there, add more sta-bil, fill it up with fuel, then parket it
in the warehouse, grease the heck out of the gimbal bering., pull the
battery, and put it back on the log splitter. I won't dink with the
lower end oil untill next spring when I change the lower end water
impeller, and thats not a really hard job to do either.


JimH wrote:
I winterized the boat engine and outdrive last year by myself last year. It
took almost a full day, including the time to purchase the supplies. I
obviously assumed all liability for a cracked engine block by doing so.

With that in mind I decided to let the pros do it this year as I did with my
larger boats in the past so I called around today for some prices. As I
store the boat on a trailer over the winter in a yard near my house I have
some flexibility on who can do the service. We are also changing marinas
next year (moving to one with a reputable mechanic staff, including the head
mechanic with 35 years of experience) so we have no loyalty to our present
marina.

I found a local place that has been in business for 25 years, fully insured,
that will change the oil and filter and the outdrive lower unit oil, lube
the OD, fog and pickle (winterize) the engine, all for $155. Quite a nice
deal.

So what are you going to pay/engine to winterize?

Gene Kearns wrote in message
...

Uh.... what's a winterize??? :-P


Smart ass.

Eisboch (getting grumpy as fall and winter approaches)

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:02:16 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

Outboards rule - inboards drool!!! :)

Out of curiosity, what would be a typical negotiated price for a pair
of 200 hp ETECs ?

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:21:11 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

What's a pair of new 671s go for?

Funny you should ask. :-)

My port side engine is in the middle of a total rebuild. Looks like
it will end up at around 15K, way over the original estimate.
Apparently getting parts is becoming an issue which surprised me. I
thought there were enough of them around that parts would be available
forever.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:21:11 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

What's a pair of new 671s go for?

Funny you should ask. :-)

My port side engine is in the middle of a total rebuild. Looks like
it will end up at around 15K, way over the original estimate.
Apparently getting parts is becoming an issue which surprised me. I
thought there were enough of them around that parts would be available
forever.



Gee, for that amount of money, you could buy a nice bracket and attach a
reliable, quiet, 200 hp Yamaha outboard.

It certainly would add interest to the stern of your boat!

Sort of like Karen's boat? ;-)