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First Thanks Raven!! And I am sorry for this lond post but I feel it needs telling:
First off let may say you guys are great! 2nd I get mad fast and when things like this happen I don't think I just get made and blow a gasket. I feel that I try so hard to do things my self and try to do it rt all the time. And Just when I think things are going great BAM rt in the A#@ It always seems to be this way with me. And after the dust settles I always seem to get thur.
The guy I bought the motor from is a Yamaha Machanic and a nice guy. I bought the motor back in Oct. and I bought it as is. Before I bought this motor I went onto IBoats.com and asked them what to look for in a Yamaha because I have never owned one. They told me all about the engin and what the compression should be and to ck the lower unit oil ect ect... and even told me of the shift rod with the word BEWARE.
I went to look at the motor and it looked real good. I said can you do the compersion test for me he said no problem and they were all between 123 and 125 which was great. I asked to hear it run and he did it. Ran great. Let it run in a tank for about ten min. ck the temp with a non touch thermotor and it was running at 165 and 168 at the two heads, Great. Then I turned to the shift rod and it looked thiner then the top but it looked like it had pleanty of meat and the guy thought so also. So after a careful inspection I bought the motor as is for $1800.00
Fast forward to now. I installed the motor and I had a couple of wire ?? I called the guy told him who I was and he said O yea hows it going and said he would help me. Abd he did answered all my ?? no problem. Then I had to call him again for a tac problem again he helped me and I thnked him again. Then yet another call which again this guy was more then happy to help.
He was under no oblagation to help but did. Then I called because I had the shifting stuff going on. again he helped all he could. I said that if I could notfigure it out could I bring it to him and he could set it up for me? Again no problem anything I can do to help. So I set up a time to go to his place this up comming Mon.
Then a friend came buy and said that he looked at a couple of other Yamaha set ups and that I have the wrong connectore on the motor end, and that we should try to shift it again. So we did and that is when the rod broke!! I wanted to cry.
Again I called the guy who sold me the motor and told him the deal. He said he was surprised because he thought it was Ok for now. and was sorry.
I said would he do the job for me and that I no I bought the motor as is and was not looking for anything free. that I was willing to pay, and how much would he try.
He said he would give me two options #1 He would fix the motor and that the rod was about $75.00 and the gasket was about $15.00 He would fix it for $300 if everything went well and worse case $500.00 I said at the worse it would not be more then $500 he said thats rt. I am not really making any money on this but felt bad that I was having this problem and he was just going to try to cover his cost.
Well after reading the post here and at a few other sites I have seen this problem cost from $800 to $1800 so I thiught this was great of him!!
Option #2 after7 months of owning this motor I could bring it back and he would give me back all my money no questions. I said really?? you are liabale because I bought it as is!! He said I just want to do rt by you and if that is what it took so be it. I will fix it and re sell it for more money this time of year and with the upgrade.
Well guys this sounds like a great bissness man to me and I think I my have found me a new motor man for life!! I have decided to get the motor fixed and he will take the motor on Monday and start rt on it. I said how long will it take. He said you are the only one that I am going to work on so I have done this about 500 times now so I no some tricks and I think I should have it done in 2 to 3 DAYS I said DAYS?? He said thats rt I will turn it around as fast as I can.
Well guys sorry for the XXXXXXXXXXXXLong post but felt that this story had to be told form the beginning so that you could see the whole pic.
If all works out this guy will be my HERO!
So thanks for listing to my ramble and good luck with the rest of your job Bigshrimpin and I hope you will be all set Chmbucket. But as BigS said his started to twist so that nutral was always changin it posstion till no reverse and that same was for me. So use it but if you see this starting to happen You will no what it is.
Again sorry for the long post.
I keep refering to the GUY His Name is Jeff
I will keep you posted
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