frosteeone
Seaman
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2003
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- 60
The 9.8 mercury is an o/b (is that obvious? see who you're dealing with here?)
I just payed about $250 ($180 in labor) to a local guy, that i trust very much (he's helped me in the past and even helped me put my bearing buddies on).
I would never question him about the price (to his face) and I really do trust him. I'm just pretty naive to what these things cost and I was just wondering if repair costs have really gone up this much since the last work I had done. Also, wondering how much a new motor would cost (to compare the price of the repair to). I live in the midwest.
I'm sorry, I don't have the parts list with me, but i know he replaced the impeller, lower unit, rebuilt the carb, replaced a cracked part on the throttle (which wasn't letting it open up all the way), plus the cost of the kit, two spark plugs (i didn't even know it had two?), tune up and some about $30 in other minor parts pieces.
Also, he's a heck of a guy and if he read this I wouldn't really want to insult him. (so why am i doing it? for piece of mind for the most part. that and I wanted to justify it to the mrs...ha).
Thanks everyone.
I just payed about $250 ($180 in labor) to a local guy, that i trust very much (he's helped me in the past and even helped me put my bearing buddies on).
I would never question him about the price (to his face) and I really do trust him. I'm just pretty naive to what these things cost and I was just wondering if repair costs have really gone up this much since the last work I had done. Also, wondering how much a new motor would cost (to compare the price of the repair to). I live in the midwest.
I'm sorry, I don't have the parts list with me, but i know he replaced the impeller, lower unit, rebuilt the carb, replaced a cracked part on the throttle (which wasn't letting it open up all the way), plus the cost of the kit, two spark plugs (i didn't even know it had two?), tune up and some about $30 in other minor parts pieces.
Also, he's a heck of a guy and if he read this I wouldn't really want to insult him. (so why am i doing it? for piece of mind for the most part. that and I wanted to justify it to the mrs...ha).
Thanks everyone.