This is my first post I have been reading for a while and finally decided to jump in.
I recently took my boat to a jackleg boat mechanic. I found him on craigslist and ofcourse if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. I burnt up the #2 cylinder on my 96 200 johnson. This guy said he was gonna do a bunch of stuff and I know he didn't do atleast half of. He was supposed to bore all 6 cylinders, all new ringss and pistons, for one thing. I pulled up three days after my block came back and saw the block powerhead withh the heads off. Only the one cylinder had been done and had a used piston, and all the otherr pistons were originall. Needless to say, I am sure he wasn't gonna tell me about this. He said that the other cylinders were good and it was better to leave them alone. Ok, I am fine with that, but we have to renegotiate money. So, he gets the motor put back togeher and calls me and says there is an electrical problem, and the motor won't run right. When I come to get the boat I can tell that he has swapped out power pack, coils, and timer assembly. My motor has never touched salt water and was a clean and pretty as the day it came off the showroom floor whee I took it. The powerpack cables were chewed up ,and the coils and timer assemly had corrosion on it. He denies it, and says he wantss the balance of what i owe him. I told him I wanted my money back.
Anyway, now I am trying to figure out what he did and didn't do to my motor.
I checked compression and got between 90 and 95 on all six cyl. warm with wot. He had told me that my motor was getting 120 plus on all 6.
Do you think he even put new rings(he says yes)?
Oh he also, smashed my fuel/vro pump, I told him I wanted a brand new one and it is a used one. I have now removed it.
Now the motor starts and idles a2000 rpms. Still trying to figure it out. I think something is wrong with the timing.
Was mainly wondering about my compression, I have always heard 120???
I recently took my boat to a jackleg boat mechanic. I found him on craigslist and ofcourse if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. I burnt up the #2 cylinder on my 96 200 johnson. This guy said he was gonna do a bunch of stuff and I know he didn't do atleast half of. He was supposed to bore all 6 cylinders, all new ringss and pistons, for one thing. I pulled up three days after my block came back and saw the block powerhead withh the heads off. Only the one cylinder had been done and had a used piston, and all the otherr pistons were originall. Needless to say, I am sure he wasn't gonna tell me about this. He said that the other cylinders were good and it was better to leave them alone. Ok, I am fine with that, but we have to renegotiate money. So, he gets the motor put back togeher and calls me and says there is an electrical problem, and the motor won't run right. When I come to get the boat I can tell that he has swapped out power pack, coils, and timer assembly. My motor has never touched salt water and was a clean and pretty as the day it came off the showroom floor whee I took it. The powerpack cables were chewed up ,and the coils and timer assemly had corrosion on it. He denies it, and says he wantss the balance of what i owe him. I told him I wanted my money back.
Anyway, now I am trying to figure out what he did and didn't do to my motor.
I checked compression and got between 90 and 95 on all six cyl. warm with wot. He had told me that my motor was getting 120 plus on all 6.
Do you think he even put new rings(he says yes)?
Oh he also, smashed my fuel/vro pump, I told him I wanted a brand new one and it is a used one. I have now removed it.
Now the motor starts and idles a2000 rpms. Still trying to figure it out. I think something is wrong with the timing.
Was mainly wondering about my compression, I have always heard 120???
