noah wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:22:20 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

Than fixing the fallen glove compartment / cooler on my Seaswirl..........
would have been having a Dealer fix it.

Than putting a new tach in the PM-2............ would have been letting a
Dealer replace it and therefore near all my wires.

Than re-rigging a Merc to a Jonnyrude equiped hull. (you guessed it)
Letting a Dealer re-rig it.

Buy the book people, then use your head, keep Dennis the Menace from
touching your boat next season.

-W






I know what you mean. Unless a boater has an established relationship
with a good dealer/mechanic, you never know what you're getting. The
gut that did a great job last week may not be there next week.

Right after I bought my pontooner, it took three breakdowns, and three
trips to the dealer, to figure out that one of the Merc 35 ignition
packs was "intermittent". Thank God it continued to run on one
cylinder. I can't imagine trying to paddle that thing! Circles,
anyone?


Regards,
noah

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It really pays to shop around for a dealership with competent mechanics
and riggers. I've been doing business for about six years with a
dealership in Deale, Maryland, that has really first-quality people.

They maintained my Merc Opti properly, and performed a little rigging
work on my Sea Pro, and they always let me wander around the yard and
shop to see what kind of work they did. Once, on a Sunday, I was having
trouble removing a flat tire from my trailer (it had rusted right onto
the lug nuts), and one of their mechanics cut it loose for me. No
charge. On a Sunday.

They did a first-class job rigging up our Parker. When I brought the
boat to the dealership a couple of weeks ago for winterizing, I had a
very short complaint list of items to fix on the boat, and they were
minor items at that.

Their prices for service aren't cheap, but they seem fair. The mechanics
have to earn a living, and the dealership has to make some bucks, too. I
buy most of my expendable supplies, like boat wash soap, bearing grease,
and other odds and ends from the dealership, too. Their prices are about
the same as West or Boat/US.

This is not to say all dealer are top-drawer and have good mechanics and
riggers. But some dealers do, and it is up to us to find them and
patronize them.


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