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Van · 07-31-2003, 03:51 PM

Update,

I found out today he just got the boat back, the repair will probably run 1-1.5K. (Marshall Marine i thnk he said, ever heard of him?)
Not too bad $$, he put everything back in place, made some plywood supports and glassed them in. Put a SS L-bracket across the inside and bolted that in place. He also found that 4 of the 6 bracket bolts were loose or gone.

Now the bad news, they put it in the water and went for a test drive, structurally all is good, then the engine died and they found the stator had fried itself, seems it was badly rusted from a leaky cooling hose. (Johnson OR---I hated mine) Pour in another 500$$$ today and he should be running by this weekend.

After all this i think he is going to try to sell it. I told him to keep her now that its fixed and he knows the issues.
Plus since he knew the seller, the guy gave him 1K back. So he paid 5K for the boat and 2K for repairs. I think he is still way ahead of the game. But maybe gunshy now....

07-31-2003, 03:51 PM	#11
Van zoom iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Quincy Posts: 4,145	Update, I found out today he just got the boat back, the repair will probably run 1-1.5K. (Marshall Marine i thnk he said, ever heard of him?) Not too bad $$, he put everything back in place, made some plywood supports and glassed them in. Put a SS L-bracket across the inside and bolted that in place. He also found that 4 of the 6 bracket bolts were loose or gone. Now the bad news, they put it in the water and went for a test drive, structurally all is good, then the engine died and they found the stator had fried itself, seems it was badly rusted from a leaky cooling hose. (Johnson OR---I hated mine) Pour in another 500$$$ today and he should be running by this weekend. After all this i think he is going to try to sell it. I told him to keep her now that its fixed and he knows the issues. Plus since he knew the seller, the guy gave him 1K back. So he paid 5K for the boat and 2K for repairs. I think he is still way ahead of the game. But maybe gunshy now....
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