Boat is a 2000 ChrisCraft Deck Boat, 23 foot.
Last summer I had a hydrolock on my Volvo Penta 5.7 SX. I got that taken care of, and the boat ran great. This year, first time out, starter problems- making knocking and grinding sounds when first turning the key, but it started the boat alright. Nevertheless, I changed out the starter (found there was an automotive starter on it). Seemed fine through a couple of test starts. Then took it to the lake this last weekend, and each start was worse than the last, until at last it was spending more time spinning than starting. Got the boat going and came home.
I took it to my local (and only within 110 miles) boat repair guy, and he feels that the hydrolock probably knocked some teeth off the flywheel when my son tried to start it on the lake after it happened. Seems strange to me that it worked for a couple of trips just fine and then started not working just this year. He said the flywheel would be about $100 for the part, but the labor would be in the $1500 range. He says, and I understand, that he has to pull the engine to change out the flywheel.
Does the labor price seem a little high to anyone out there? I got back too late to call any other repair places upstate to comparison shop. Could it be anything else (misaligned starter, need more shims, loose mounts, anything?) Thanks
Last summer I had a hydrolock on my Volvo Penta 5.7 SX. I got that taken care of, and the boat ran great. This year, first time out, starter problems- making knocking and grinding sounds when first turning the key, but it started the boat alright. Nevertheless, I changed out the starter (found there was an automotive starter on it). Seemed fine through a couple of test starts. Then took it to the lake this last weekend, and each start was worse than the last, until at last it was spending more time spinning than starting. Got the boat going and came home.
I took it to my local (and only within 110 miles) boat repair guy, and he feels that the hydrolock probably knocked some teeth off the flywheel when my son tried to start it on the lake after it happened. Seems strange to me that it worked for a couple of trips just fine and then started not working just this year. He said the flywheel would be about $100 for the part, but the labor would be in the $1500 range. He says, and I understand, that he has to pull the engine to change out the flywheel.
Does the labor price seem a little high to anyone out there? I got back too late to call any other repair places upstate to comparison shop. Could it be anything else (misaligned starter, need more shims, loose mounts, anything?) Thanks
