COST FOR WORKING ON OUTBOARD MOTOR

[duck64]

why does it cost so much to get a dealer's mechanic to work on your motor ? when the wrench is not making to much moneey.

 

[voodoo]

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overhead,insurance,advertising ,utilities,training,sick days,office staff,parts inventory, tools,<br />etc.etc. the list is endless.

 

[alcan]

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Some one has to pay the rent,taxes,lights, water, laundry,some tools, equiptment, addvertizing,insurance and last but not least, hopefully profit. This profit thing here in America is a bad deal. You have to make one or you can't be in business. Not fair is it?

 

[voodoo]

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da comrade is better in Soviet Union

 

[DHPMARINE]

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you could hire the 'wrench' for his hourly rate.Just don't forget to include all of the above.<br /><br />Now if we didn't like boats........<br />and we could farm..<br /><br />Boy I'll get it on this one and I probably deserve SOME of it<br />DHP

 

[phatmanmike]

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buy a service manual and start practicing so you too can oneday make that 65 and hour

 

[duck64]

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that is about the answer i expected, it doesnt cost $2000 for a head gasket on my truck here in texas.

 

[duck64]

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more like$15 the rest the dealer gets

 

[Mich H20s]

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BMCGEE1<br /><br />These guys are like Coyotes

 

[G DANE]

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When choosing to get a repair done or do it yourselves, you have to consider:<br /><br />Are you capable of and do you like doing it yourselves ? Do you have the time to do it.<br /><br />The dealers has to take his time to troubleshoot your motor, talk to you and calculate an estimate for the repair, time he cant put on your bill.<br /><br />Besides he has to pay all of the above, educate his staff, replace the ones that quits etc ect.<br /><br />Many dealers give a kind af warranty for repairs, and have to be sure your motor is fixed when they are done.<br /><br />To do all of above, they have to calculate a little extra.<br /><br />But apart from that, of coarse noone likes to get ripped off

 

[Harker]

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I own a lumberyard and get the same thing..charge 3.00 for a 2x4 and I made 3.00...even after giving the customer a 10% discount and paying my driver to drive my 5mpg stake truck 20 mi. one way to deliver it so his crew doesn't have "down time" and lose him money. After expenses and taxes (matching soc. sec.& medicare, sales, state and fed. income, Mich. single business,property,inventory) lucky to net 3% of sales as profit...can't afford to be a democrat!

 

[G DANE]

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This reminds mee of a story of a farmer. His harvester was making a strange sound, getting worse and worse. At last, he HAD to call a repair man. The guy listened to the sound, found a big hammer in his toolbox, and hit the running machine once hard on an axel, and immediately the sound was gone. How much is that, the farmer asked ? 250 $ the serviceguy replied. 250 $ FOR ONLY ONE PUNCH !! Noe - thats only a $, the 249 is for knowing where to hit.

 

[mbb]

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that is why you need to be able to do most things yourself. $65/hr labor adds up fast.All too often, it is not done correctly anyway from many shops.<br /><br />Carb cleaning and rebuild $400, parts = $40<br />LU seal $100, parts = $7<br />water pump job = $150. parts = $25<br /><br />Get manual from public library, buy DVA ($60) and never look back. Be the envy of your friends.<br />,

 

[Dhadley]

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Know how to end up with 1 million bucks working in the marine business?<br /><br />Start with 2.

 

[JB]

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To General Outboard

 

[parrotthead04]

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$65.00 an hour? The place I was at yesterday had a sign posted on the wall. labor rate $90.00 an hour. That is a rip off.

 

[swist]

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If yout trust your mechanic, he's worth his weight in gold. Here in Maine the boatyards are far between and no one gets rich on a 3 month season, so the wrenches are there because they love what they do, most of them have been doing it since they were kids, and have been with the same yards for years. You can always search the guy out in the yard and he'll talk motors as long as you want. (If you are in a hurry for anything, you're in the wrong state).

 

[bernieb]

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Back in the 80's I worked on a roof (in the rain)that had been pick-axed through for the purpose of robbery and after the repair had a cup of coffee with the owner who was a large commercial builder,and the conversation went like this......for every dollar you earn,62 cents winds up in taxes.I really don't know how he figured it ,but he was one sharp business man.I know the little man pays all the taxes and I once heard a big company like GE pays no taxes.

 

[Dhadley]

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Its only a rip off if the tech doesnt know what hes doing.

 

[rodbolt]

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I bill my services at 55 per hour.<br /> I spend about 4 weeks a year flying all over to various schools. my liability insurance is almost 7K a year my workmans comp is about 23 a year. plus all the service literature and tools I have to buy. its not like I am making a killing here but I love working on high performance equipment and outboards are the ticket. if you dont believe it go on down to you chebby or JD dealer and talk to the mechanic about a high speed surge that only occurs aftre several minutes above 5000 RPM. most auto techs cant talk about problems that occur only at the rated horsepower RPM.<br /> good luck and keep posting<br /> And I am thinking Dhadley got it right