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Originally Posted by Blue Thunder
FWIW, you are pushing the envelope in an Alpha 1 drive by only replacing the impeller once in 20 years. Pretty cheap insurance for a $35 part.
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I do almost all my own work. When I bought the boat it was 10 years old. I was getting older and figured it was about time I sat back and let someone else do the work.
The boat yard replaced the gimbal bearing, realigned the engine, replaced the water pump in the Alpha, and changed the lower unit oil. The bill came to $715. I had expected a bill of around $300 or so. I had asked that they "save" all the parts they replaced. They did. It was their indictment.
The boat only had 125 hours on it from new so the gimbal bearing was of course perfect. I
Know what a "good" bearing
Feels like. I started asking questions and it went down hill from there. The fellow threatened to call the cops.
I PAID the bill and collected my boat and drive and left. If I hadn't, they were going to "Hold" the outdrive as security until I did. I considered that episode an education.
Education isn't free.
SAD to say, I have had an attitude toward mechanics ever since, and I went back to doing my own work.
NB