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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
Bendover: "My 150 etec is close to its first 300hr service so I called the dealer to see what it would cost for him to do it. I normally do everything myself on my phoenix and past outboards and I/O's but wasn't sure about the warranty issues that go along with it. Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. I almost sh*t myself. This is absurd. It really sickens me to think that someone would pay this. $300+ is to just change the water pump. As long as there is no warranty issues with me doing the work, it will never see the dealer for maintenance. If I can change powerpacks on a EMD diesel and MOH's on 3500 series CAT's, pretty sure I can handle changing a water pump. Prices like that are why people should learn how to do this kinda of stuff. Thats a whole summer's worth gas down the drain." There's no free lunch: you pay now or you pay later. snerk |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
"HK" wrote in message ... Bendover: "My 150 etec is close to its first 300hr service so I called the dealer to see what it would cost for him to do it. I normally do everything myself on my phoenix and past outboards and I/O's but wasn't sure about the warranty issues that go along with it. Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. I almost sh*t myself. This is absurd. It really sickens me to think that someone would pay this. $300+ is to just change the water pump. As long as there is no warranty issues with me doing the work, it will never see the dealer for maintenance. If I can change powerpacks on a EMD diesel and MOH's on 3500 series CAT's, pretty sure I can handle changing a water pump. Prices like that are why people should learn how to do this kinda of stuff. Thats a whole summer's worth gas down the drain." There's no free lunch: you pay now or you pay later. snerk Sounds kind of like having a Lexus or other high end car completely serviced by a dealer. Come to think of it, if I had my Lucernes serviced by the dealer it would run considerably than that over a three year period. |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
On Feb 22, 6:55�pm, HK wrote:
Bendover: "My 150 etec is close to its first 300hr service so I called the dealer to see what it would cost for him to do it. I normally do everything myself on my phoenix and past outboards and I/O's but wasn't sure about the warranty issues that go along with it. Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. I almost sh*t myself. This is absurd. It really sickens me to think that someone would pay this. $300+ is to just change the water pump. As long as there is no warranty issues with me doing the work, it will never see the dealer for maintenance. If I can change powerpacks on a EMD diesel and MOH's on 3500 series CAT's, pretty sure I can handle changing a water pump. Prices like that are why people should learn how to do this kinda of stuff. Thats a whole summer's worth gas down the drain." There's no free lunch: you pay now or you pay later. �snerk It took you 4-5 years to get 115 hours on your last boat, so unless you are using this one a *lot* more (and that would be great!) that $700-800 is going to be $1000 before you go in for service- but it will only amount to about $100 per year. It would be wonderful to learn that you enjoy your new boat so much more frequently than your old one that you are already approaching the 300 hour service. Boating is not cheap. Maybe the only thing more expensive than paying a pro to work on your engine is doing it yourself if you're not 100% qualified, or taking it to a shade-tree wrench who thinks he can fix anything with a handful of tools and a roll of duct tape. My favorite service parable. A man noticed his basement was filling up with water and he called the local plumber. The plumber was able to come over within an hour, and he put on his waders and ventured into the rising pool of dirty water and floating heirlooms. After about two minutes, the sound of rushing water stopped and the plumber waded back to the stairway. "I tightened a loose joint in the main line, and pulled a stack of newspaper off the top of your floor drain. All this water should be gone in an hour or two. That will be $145, please." "What?!" excalimed the homewoner. "You've only been here for about five miutes! How can you possibly charge $145 for tightening a joint?" "Oh," said the plumber. "I'm only charging you about $10 for tightening the joint, the other $135 is for knowing which joint to tighten and how to go about it." And Harry, I assume the mechanics at any shop you deal with receive full union benefits. All that free health coverage, dental and vision insurance, three weeks paid vacation, non-contributory retirement system, 15 paid holidays, and $1600 per week base salary has to cost somebody something......guess who? |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 22, 6:55�pm, HK wrote: Bendover: "My 150 etec is close to its first 300hr service so I called the dealer to see what it would cost for him to do it. I normally do everything myself on my phoenix and past outboards and I/O's but wasn't sure about the warranty issues that go along with it. Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. I almost sh*t myself. This is absurd. It really sickens me to think that someone would pay this. $300+ is to just change the water pump. As long as there is no warranty issues with me doing the work, it will never see the dealer for maintenance. If I can change powerpacks on a EMD diesel and MOH's on 3500 series CAT's, pretty sure I can handle changing a water pump. Prices like that are why people should learn how to do this kinda of stuff. Thats a whole summer's worth gas down the drain." There's no free lunch: you pay now or you pay later. �snerk It took you 4-5 years to get 115 hours on your last boat, so unless you are using this one a *lot* more (and that would be great!) that $700-800 is going to be $1000 before you go in for service- but it will only amount to about $100 per year. It would be wonderful to learn that you enjoy your new boat so much more frequently than your old one that you are already approaching the 300 hour service. Boating is not cheap. Duh...I don't have an ETEC, Chuck. The quote I offered was from someone on a boating related newsgroup. I wouldn't buy or own an ETEC. My patterns of use are not relevant, as I have the dealer do all service and buy long-term warranty coverage. |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
On Feb 24, 4:33Â*pm, hkrause wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote: On Feb 22, 6:55�pm, HK wrote: Bendover: "My 150 etec is close to its first 300hr service so I called the dealer to see what it would cost for him to do it. I normally do everything myself on my phoenix and past outboards and I/O's but wasn't sure about the warranty issues that go along with it. Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. I almost sh*t myself. This is absurd. It really sickens me to think that someone would pay this. $300+ is to just change the water pump. As long as there is no warranty issues with me doing the work, it will never see the dealer for maintenance. If I can change powerpacks on a EMD diesel and MOH's on 3500 series CAT's, pretty sure I can handle changing a water pump. Prices like that are why people should learn how to do this kinda of stuff. Thats a whole summer's worth gas down the drain." There's no free lunch: you pay now or you pay later. �snerk It took you 4-5 years to get 115 hours on your last boat, so unless you are using this one a *lot* more (and that would be great!) that $700-800 is going to be $1000 before you go in for service- but it will only amount to about $100 per year. It would be wonderful to learn that you enjoy your new boat so much more frequently than your old one that you are already approaching the 300 hour service. Boating is not cheap. Duh...I don't have an ETEC, Chuck. The quote I offered was from someone on a boating related newsgroup. I wouldn't buy or own an ETEC. My patterns of use are not relevant, as I have the dealer do all service and buy long-term warranty coverage.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So why would you post somebody else' anonymous blast at ETEC? We don't know who the heck the original quote is from. Just think of the interesting "quotes" we could post if there were not attributions required. |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 24, 4:33 pm, hkrause wrote: Chuck Gould wrote: On Feb 22, 6:55�pm, HK wrote: Bendover: "My 150 etec is close to its first 300hr service so I called the dealer to see what it would cost for him to do it. I normally do everything myself on my phoenix and past outboards and I/O's but wasn't sure about the warranty issues that go along with it. Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. I almost sh*t myself. This is absurd. It really sickens me to think that someone would pay this. $300+ is to just change the water pump. As long as there is no warranty issues with me doing the work, it will never see the dealer for maintenance. If I can change powerpacks on a EMD diesel and MOH's on 3500 series CAT's, pretty sure I can handle changing a water pump. Prices like that are why people should learn how to do this kinda of stuff. Thats a whole summer's worth gas down the drain." There's no free lunch: you pay now or you pay later. �snerk It took you 4-5 years to get 115 hours on your last boat, so unless you are using this one a *lot* more (and that would be great!) that $700-800 is going to be $1000 before you go in for service- but it will only amount to about $100 per year. It would be wonderful to learn that you enjoy your new boat so much more frequently than your old one that you are already approaching the 300 hour service. Boating is not cheap. Duh...I don't have an ETEC, Chuck. The quote I offered was from someone on a boating related newsgroup. I wouldn't buy or own an ETEC. My patterns of use are not relevant, as I have the dealer do all service and buy long-term warranty coverage.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So why would you post somebody else' anonymous blast at ETEC? We don't know who the heck the original quote is from. Just think of the interesting "quotes" we could post if there were not attributions required. It's hard to find ETEC owners... |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
On Feb 24, 7:54Â*pm, hkrause wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote: On Feb 24, 4:33 pm, hkrause wrote: Chuck Gould wrote: On Feb 22, 6:55�pm, HK wrote: Bendover: "My 150 etec is close to its first 300hr service so I called the dealer to see what it would cost for him to do it. I normally do everything myself on my phoenix and past outboards and I/O's but wasn't sure about the warranty issues that go along with it. Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. I almost sh*t myself. This is absurd. It really sickens me to think that someone would pay this. $300+ is to just change the water pump. As long as there is no warranty issues with me doing the work, it will never see the dealer for maintenance. If I can change powerpacks on a EMD diesel and MOH's on 3500 series CAT's, pretty sure I can handle changing a water pump. Prices like that are why people should learn how to do this kinda of stuff. Thats a whole summer's worth gas down the drain." There's no free lunch: you pay now or you pay later. �snerk It took you 4-5 years to get 115 hours on your last boat, so unless you are using this one a *lot* more (and that would be great!) that $700-800 is going to be $1000 before you go in for service- but it will only amount to about $100 per year. It would be wonderful to learn that you enjoy your new boat so much more frequently than your old one that you are already approaching the 300 hour service. Boating is not cheap. Duh...I don't have an ETEC, Chuck. The quote I offered was from someone on a boating related newsgroup. I wouldn't buy or own an ETEC. My patterns of use are not relevant, as I have the dealer do all service and buy long-term warranty coverage.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So why would you post somebody else' anonymous blast at ETEC? We don't know who the heck the original quote is from. Just think of the interesting "quotes" we could post if there were not attributions required. It's hard to find ETEC owners...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - We all knew you couldn't stay away for a day. You have too many lies to tell. Are you telling everyone there that you own a Zimmerman like lobster boat? A Yale degree |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:55:12 -0500, HK wrote:
Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. Bull****.... |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:55:12 -0500, HK wrote: Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. Bull****.... Did you expect anything else............ |
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'No service for ETECS until 300 hours, and then...'
On Feb 23, 7:20�pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:55:12 -0500, HK wrote: Well to do everything water pump, gear oil, plugs, filters, etc. will be between $700 and $800. Bull****.... Doesn't Harry have two engines to service? Would $350-400 each be out of sight? |
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