On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)


For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.

Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)


For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.

Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.


Maybe you can scan the bill when it arrivesand post it for our reading
pleasure. Two and a half days to get it out, eight man days to fix, and
what, another two days to reinstall it?

$7500-$10000?

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:22:39 -0400, HK wrote:

Maybe you can scan the bill when it arrivesand post it for our reading
pleasure. Two and a half days to get it out, eight man days to fix, and
what, another two days to reinstall it?

$7500-$10000?

Anything less than 6 will be a bargain. We could have made it back to
Florida but this is a good place to get work done, and we'd never had
an opportunity to spend much time here before.

Getting serious work done in SWFL leaves a lot to be desired.
Lauderdale is good but it's hard to sort out who's who, and it's
expensive. Here in North Carolina reputations travel far and fast.

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:24:14 -0500, wrote:

Getting serious work done in SWFL leaves a lot to be desired.


Track down a guy named Rick. He has a "strawberry" on his cheek and he
looks a little scruffy but this guy is the best mechanic I have found
in SW Fla. Last I heard he was at Snook Bight on FMB. He is a southern
Md boy

Does he work on big diesels? I've already got a decent guy for the
Mercruiser. At this point I don't think I trust anyone on the
diesels unless they are factory certified.

HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)


For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.

Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.
It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.


Maybe you can scan the bill when it arrivesand post it for our reading
pleasure. Two and a half days to get it out, eight man days to fix, and
what, another two days to reinstall it?

$7500-$10000?







You really are an asshole, Krause.

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:11:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)


For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.

Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.

Eessshhhh...

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:11:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)

For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.
Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.

Eessshhhh...


I think the bill, if he posts it here, will cause a few giggles. I'm
guessing $7500-$10000 if his labor estimates are correct.

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I think the bill, if he posts it here, will cause a few giggles. I'm
guessing $7500-$10000 if his labor estimates are correct.


No worry, his fishing clients will be paying for that this winter.

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:29:20 -0400, HK wrote:

I think the bill, if he posts it here, will cause a few giggles. I'm
guessing $7500-$10000 if his labor estimates are correct.

It's possible but my time estimate may be high. Better to be
surprised on the low side than the other way around. I had a tranny
done on my old Bertram 33 and it ran about $3500. That was a much
easier job from a labor standpoint but the parts were very pricey. The
manufacturer is suggesting that this one just needs new hydraulic
seals. The expensive thing is getting it in and out.

On Nov 3, 9:28 am, Wayne.B wrote:

The manufacturer is suggesting that this one just needs new
hydraulic seals.

Wayne, for your sake, hope they find more wrong with it than that.
The labor is going to be high enough, but if it was mine I'd demand a
comlplete inspection.