Back in December I down put a deposit on a 40C that a shop was rebuilding.
Between the holidays and delays in getting parts, it took almost two months for them to complete the rebuild. No worries ... conditions weren't good for boating.
On the first outing the motor ran fine for a while but then wouldn't idle and was hard to start.
I took it back to the shop and explained the symptoms. The mechanic I've been dealing with -- a really nice guy -- cleaned out the carb and found nothing wrong. Then he realized that the throttle stop rod hadn't been connected properly. With that fixed, it seemed the motor ran much better so I took it out again.
Once again, the motor ran fine for a while but then would stall when idling.
I took it back to the shop three weeks ago and they've been working on it since. The last I heard, they'd stripped the motor down and rebuilt but it was still exhibiting problems. They say they think the problem may be a seal at the crankshaft and the motor needs a new crank shaft.
Does this sound reasonable? Are these kind of "teething troubles" fairly common for a rebuilt motor?
Now that conditions have picked up, I'm eager to get the boat out and start diving off it. I hope they get it fixed once and for all.
Any thoughts from any experts would be appreciated.
Between the holidays and delays in getting parts, it took almost two months for them to complete the rebuild. No worries ... conditions weren't good for boating.
On the first outing the motor ran fine for a while but then wouldn't idle and was hard to start.
I took it back to the shop and explained the symptoms. The mechanic I've been dealing with -- a really nice guy -- cleaned out the carb and found nothing wrong. Then he realized that the throttle stop rod hadn't been connected properly. With that fixed, it seemed the motor ran much better so I took it out again.
Once again, the motor ran fine for a while but then would stall when idling.
I took it back to the shop three weeks ago and they've been working on it since. The last I heard, they'd stripped the motor down and rebuilt but it was still exhibiting problems. They say they think the problem may be a seal at the crankshaft and the motor needs a new crank shaft.
Does this sound reasonable? Are these kind of "teething troubles" fairly common for a rebuilt motor?
Now that conditions have picked up, I'm eager to get the boat out and start diving off it. I hope they get it fixed once and for all.
Any thoughts from any experts would be appreciated.
