"Hello everyone,
My boat is
"Hello everyone,
My boat is 11 years old and it's time to replace all the bellows. I guess I can say I have been real lucky that I haven't had any problems with the bellows leaking. I have a Mercrusier out drive Alph 1. My question is the marina where I'm keeping my boat is doing the work. I told them I wanted them to replace all my bellows. The service manage is suggesting that I replace everything as stated below...
Impleller
3/4 Water Hose
Gasket set-drive
cable-assy-shift
54" hose sender-Kit-alph /brv
Change gear oil
new sender/limiter-waterhose u-joint bellows exhaust bellows
shift cable & shift cable bellows
Oil hose foe gear lube reservoir
install bell hsg.-torquehing picswith loctite thread lock
Install outdrive-adjust sender& limiter
I have never rally had any outdrive work done except changing the impleller several times.
There cost for the above work is over $1500.00 not counting tax. On the estimate they have the above work, 11.5 hours @ $85.00 an hour (labor).
My question for you guys is...is all this work necessary?
Is 11.5 hours a bit long for the above work?
I have spoke with differnt guys in the boat yard and they are saying 4-5 hours no more than 8 hours.
I feel like I'm being taken advantage of here, what do you guys think? I appreciate any feed back on this.
Thanks,
Journey"
My boat is
"Hello everyone,
My boat is 11 years old and it's time to replace all the bellows. I guess I can say I have been real lucky that I haven't had any problems with the bellows leaking. I have a Mercrusier out drive Alph 1. My question is the marina where I'm keeping my boat is doing the work. I told them I wanted them to replace all my bellows. The service manage is suggesting that I replace everything as stated below...
Impleller
3/4 Water Hose
Gasket set-drive
cable-assy-shift
54" hose sender-Kit-alph /brv
Change gear oil
new sender/limiter-waterhose u-joint bellows exhaust bellows
shift cable & shift cable bellows
Oil hose foe gear lube reservoir
install bell hsg.-torquehing picswith loctite thread lock
Install outdrive-adjust sender& limiter
I have never rally had any outdrive work done except changing the impleller several times.
There cost for the above work is over $1500.00 not counting tax. On the estimate they have the above work, 11.5 hours @ $85.00 an hour (labor).
My question for you guys is...is all this work necessary?
Is 11.5 hours a bit long for the above work?
I have spoke with differnt guys in the boat yard and they are saying 4-5 hours no more than 8 hours.
I feel like I'm being taken advantage of here, what do you guys think? I appreciate any feed back on this.
Thanks,
Journey"