Stern drive maintenance

Hillcountry · 02-13-2020, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TiltonBB

The T stands for THOUSAND!

Lol...just realized I blew that as I saw your correction post!

upthesaukee · 02-13-2020, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Lol...just realized I blew that as I saw your correction post!

I thought you had 10 $'s, which 10 x 1000 would have been a thousand. Yeah that's a stretch, but... .

After TiltonBB posted I went back and counted... there were 11. So much for the stretch

. Hey, I tried.

Dave

8gv · 02-13-2020, 06:25 PM

Minimizing in-season down time is a strong incentive to do your own repairs!

SAB1 · 02-13-2020, 09:06 PM

DaveR is spot on. It’s not hard to do. Plenty of YouTube videos to walk you thru. If someone was charging me $460 to do it I would laugh. You can pulll it inspect and grease it all and be back together in a couple hours. But I stand behind my comment, every other year is fine.

8gv · 02-13-2020, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SAB1

DaveR is spot on. It’s not hard to do. Plenty of YouTube videos to walk you thru. If someone was charging me $460 to do it I would laugh. You can pulll it inspect and grease it all and be back together in a couple hours. But I stand behind my comment, every other year is fine.

I wonder if his marina is proactively replacing some parts regardless of their condition.

TiltonBB · 02-14-2020, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by 8gv

I wonder if his marina is proactively replacing some parts regardless of their condition.

That is one of the decisions boat owners and marinas must make. Some people maintain their boat with an open check book. Other people just want the minimum amount of necessary work done.

If money was not a factor many people would tell the marina to do whatever they see fit and leave the decision to the marina. Their instructions are "if you see anything wrong please fix it". Other people want to be consulted and given a price quote before any work beyond what is already agreed to is done.

It helps to have a relationship with a marina that will know your boat and know you and your expectations. A comfort level and no surprises are both good things!

Dave R · 02-14-2020, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by TiltonBB

That is one of the decisions boat owners and marinas must make. Some people maintain their boat with an open check book.

These are the folks I like to buy used boats from. That said, comprehensive spare parts inventory on a boat is also a good indicator of loving care by someone that might be a DIYer with a dusty checkbook.

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SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 192 Thanked 328 Times in 238 Posts	DaveR is spot on. It’s not hard to do. Plenty of YouTube videos to walk you thru. If someone was charging me $460 to do it I would laugh. You can pulll it inspect and grease it all and be back together in a couple hours. But I stand behind my comment, every other year is fine.