Mechanics where I am really have little experience with I/O's.. The guy I am using is honest, charges fair and always provides the old parts and detailed billing. He also doesn't charge as much as the other folks around here. He has a little kid and a wife and works till 9 or 10 every night.
I say this so you wont crucify the mechanic right off the bat. He's a good hardworking guy who is just trying to provide for his family. He has worked on my boat two years in a row and all has been great. (boat is in the water for 11 months at a time)... no it is not a sea ray, but I like coming here because you guys have a LOT of knowledge of the bravo 3/mercruiser.
While he is a good guy, I feel he may have gotten a little in over his head when taking on the yearly maintenance for this year. I get the bellows changed every 3 years, last time it was another place that did it and everything went smoothly. Honestly I wouldn't even have been able to take this picture except that he had an issue with the shift cable bellow and it was left like this for a couple days.
At this point the boat is supposed to go back in the water in the morning and the drive is back on. I can step in and call it all off, pay the marina another 1000 bucks and have them keep it on dry land for another month, tell the guy I don't like it and buy the correct tool for it. Just wondering what you would do in this situation..
I say this so you wont crucify the mechanic right off the bat. He's a good hardworking guy who is just trying to provide for his family. He has worked on my boat two years in a row and all has been great. (boat is in the water for 11 months at a time)... no it is not a sea ray, but I like coming here because you guys have a LOT of knowledge of the bravo 3/mercruiser.
While he is a good guy, I feel he may have gotten a little in over his head when taking on the yearly maintenance for this year. I get the bellows changed every 3 years, last time it was another place that did it and everything went smoothly. Honestly I wouldn't even have been able to take this picture except that he had an issue with the shift cable bellow and it was left like this for a couple days.
At this point the boat is supposed to go back in the water in the morning and the drive is back on. I can step in and call it all off, pay the marina another 1000 bucks and have them keep it on dry land for another month, tell the guy I don't like it and buy the correct tool for it. Just wondering what you would do in this situation..