How long to fix a motor

[Dodgy_Back]

If an outboard mechanic had your motor in bits on his bench, then said "mate, don,t know when I'll be finished, don't know when the parts will turn up"
Then said could be a week or more.

Am I being a bit impatient by expecting him to know when I can get my boat back.

It was a good sized shop (Merc dealer), not a back yarder .

Mick

[Dignity]

Mick, mate of mine had his out of the water for 6 weeks waiting on gearbox parts earlier this year - it was a merc also.

sam

[fishn-ads]

Had the same with the Merc on the Signature, How long has it been?

[Spaniard_King]

Unfortunately some manufacturers freight there parts into the country by ship not air which can take 6 weeks. Mercs being a large brand would most likely be by ship, just think how many parts they must be bringing in every 6 weeks 8-)

Garry

[blaze]

Surely if the mechanic/marine shop were any good they would be able to estimate the time for parts to get here and then give the client some options.
I have had dealers air frieght parts in for me in the past (cost a lot) as sometimes the cost of waiting far exceeds the cost of frieght, so if the parts are going to be a problem I need for the supplier to tell me and not jerk me about.
I once import a Avlin Barford grader axle from england, frieght cost double the cost of the axle, the reason a contact worth 1mill was riding on it and we could not hire a replacement.
Thats my view on parts, not that theres a lot of relivents to the question but maybe if Mick was at least given a choice.
Paid $30 frieght on a $2.50 seal not long back
cheers
blaze
ps
Mick I would ring them and put the screws into them

[Dodgy_Back]

What bugs me the most is that when I dropped the boat of on Wednesday, I told him I would like it back ASAP as I am getting ready for a comp at the Goldy.

He told me that it would take no time to get going once the parts arrived, the thing is he didn't tell me that he had no idea when they would show as he is waiting for the same gasket for another motor.
After all he would have known what gaskets to replace at the start.

Wrongly or not ,I spoke to another Merc dealer who will try a abit harder to get the part so I can give it to the other mechanic.

It's not hard to guess who I'll go to in future for a service.

Hey Blaze it's a bit hard to put the screws on someone when your motor's in a stack of bits on the bench.
If I decide to take it to someone else he'd probably over charge for what he's done or in this case what he hasn't done.

Mick

Mick

[blaze]

understand ya delema Mick, but you could ask him exactly where the parts are now and if you can assist in any way to make delivery more hasty, dont have to be mean and nasty to tighten the screws just a little diplomasy (needs to learn how to spell too) goes a long way.
cheers
blaze

[blaze]

what gasket is it Mick, some are possible to hand cut

[catchy_fishy]

took my mechanic 4 weeks to change a prop, but it had seized and he needed to drill it off, then get another one.

The seized prop was a curve ball, else I expect he would have got the part first.

Mike

[Dodgy_Back]

It's a pretty unusual gasket , Head gasket !!

I'm still used to going down to Repco or the local car parts place and the parts seem easy to get.

It seems I have to get used to this waiting for outbaord parts, but it is tough, I'm going from fishing 2-3 times a week to 0 times in 2 weeks

My wife wants me out of the house.

Mick

[catchy_fishy]

On my latest attempt to get parts i thought it would work that way too - I even tried for parts on a public holiday, I got laughed at. I was told the parts I neded (carb repair kit) would take 3-4 weeks.

Go figure, surely someone keeps the parts ?

I know your pain. My boat was also out of commission for a while (similar issue, although very different)

Anyway hope you make the comp - else find a friend with a boat

Mike

[billfisher]

It took 12 months to get my crankshaft re- built, I hope you won't be waiting that long. Its specialised work and was in a few peoples hands. First my regular mechanic to strip the engine down, then a motorcycle repairer to press the crank apart, then an engineering specialist to rebuild the crank, then back to the other two.

The good news is that the motor runs fine and I haven't received a bill yet. A new crank would have cost about $2500 just for the part.

[Dignity]

One would think that a gasket could easily be made up as blaze says. Probably void any warranty though but for older motors there might be ano pportunity for a business me thinks. Also think that from the dealers perspective he would rather get the parts and the boat out of his yard. My mate left the gearbox with the dealer and took the boat back home, this doesn't really give the dewaler an incentive to get him out of his hair but he still felt safer knowing his rig was safer at home. Some dealers will try and get the parts from other dealers around the country but generally their hands are tied to the distributors shipments.

sam

[Dirtysanchez]

Suggest you call Mercury direct and enquire about how long it should normally take for a dealer to order in spare parts ?

Being a large company you'd think they would keep some level of spares in Australia..unless your engine is an unusual or old model ?

Bummer ! :-*

[peterbo3]

Suggestion. If you know the part number you could order the gasket from the US. Go to iboats & check their Merc parts section. US Post will airfreight it & it can be less than 5 working days delivery. I often get fishing gear in from the US & it is really fast. Do NOT use UPS, FedEx, etc. [smiley=disappointed.gif] [smiley=disappointed.gif] [smiley=disappointed.gif]