Kajun37
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2006
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- 348
kinda a long story, but i'll try to shorten it as much as possible..but grab a cup of coffee lol<br /><br />early january i ran my boat out of gas..called a mobile mechanic over and he checked the compression(checked good) and did a spark test , then said my fuel pump need to be rebuilt and a ignition coil was bad...he took the pump with him home...3 weeks later after numerous calls and appointments he finally shows up at my house while i'm at work and then calls me and tells me he put the pump back on and the coil and that it runs.....cost $175 parts and labor<br /><br />couple days later i bring and drop the trailer in the water to check it out....it started right up....water pump was pumping fine..sounded good....then died out after about a minute...would not start again...sounded like it wasnt getting any fire/spark.<br /><br />after waiting almost a month for the other mechanic i decided to bring it to a real mechanic shop and a coworker recommended his neighbor that works on boats...so i bring it to his shop, tell him the whole story of the engine troubles....then the guy starts telling me how he is getting sued by 2 different people because they are "claiming" he screwed up their motors...his mechanic looked like he was hung over and just came from a alley.....by this time i'm thinking to myself "why o why did you bring it here" so i think quick and tell him just to check the motor out and then call me before he does any work to it...that i dont want to spend alot of money on a old engine and that i'd prob just sell the whole boat if its bad .<br /><br />well he calls me today and says my motor is blown and that i need a new power pack....he said the mechanic did a "cylinder air leak test" by putting air into the cyl and gauging the leakage and that it lost alot of air and it was prob my rings or piston that was bad and that it needed rebuilt plus power pack and it would cost $2800 to fix it..<br /><br />so i tell him ..ok no problem..i'll go pick it up....he then asks me what i would sell the boat for , that a guy asked him about it and was interested in buying it...i told him $3800..i paid $4500 for it<br /><br />i paid him his asking price for the checkup $60...and took my boat home.<br /><br />i'm now wondering if i should bring it to another mechanic for a "second opinion" lol ....<br /><br />anyone ever heard of the cylinder air leak test before?...all i hear about is compression checks...hate to doubt the guy but he seemed and looked shady from the beginning, was glad to pay him his money and take my boat lol<br /><br />so i guess my choices are repower or sell...<br /><br />my boat is a 1990 wellcraft 18 sport..here are some pics.<br /><br />
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...i have $2500 put aside in a "motor fund" lol..so i'm not sure if it would be worth it to buy a new Etec 115 and put on this boat or start looking for a good used yammy 2 stroke....but i'd hate to buy someone else's problem again and be stuck in the same position i'm in now.<br /><br />a new engine will prob run me close to $10k install with controls........but i could buy a whole new boat,trailer,motor for around 16k+...so kinda in a bind on what i want to do....i'd have to finance anyway on the motor.