Re: Aprox. Installation time
your installing a kit, that kit does not take into account hull acess and the hours for the flat rate are based on the engine on a stand and all plumbing and electrical parts on the bench.
on the late MPI mercs the high pressure fuel pump is located on the oil pan rail behind the port front engine mount. some hulls require engine/drive removal for access.
Volvo now thoughtfully combines the high/low and VST in one package. however other than the high pressure pump there are no service items in the VST making a 750 dollar replacement nessasary if anything else fails. luckly its mostly accesable in most hull combinations.
what is the part number of the kit your looking at and how many things need to be moved,replumbed and reinstalled?
your asking a question similar to how high is up. over the past 30 years I can usually beat the flat rate on anygiven project once the engine is on the stand. took me 6.5 hours to strip the old(2004) 5.7 MPI and reasssemble the new long block and fire it up on the shop for to look for leaks.
the rest of the time was spent on access and reinstalling hull components.
and always add time for saltwater repairs.
quite a few kits are not application specific and are universal.
universal usually means its universally gaurenteed to fit nothing correctly without modifying something.
I get it with outboards all the time, how long will it take. my answer is how many bolts will break or require oxy/acetelyne for removal, if you can answer the latter I can answer the former.
as far as your question, if it was a factory electric pump used on a production model run there will be a warrenty flat rate.
I think on the above albermarle they allowed about 3 hours. ever try to get the engine out of a 28ft albermarle ?
it aint fun nor easy but it is what it is.
just to get the muffler off requires riser removal. if its freshwater cooled that means draining the coolant system,removing the risers hopeing I dont have to cut the 4" hose, removing the muffler, again fighting an 8"hose.cleaning the manifold and riser for reassembly. I just blew an hour of the 3 hours alloted and have not undone the jackshaft front and rear mounts,fuel,electrical or seawater systems. takes 2 people 30 min to remove the engine hatch by now I am 4 hours into fuel pump replacement and the engine is swinging from a chain and I am just getting ready to tackle the pump, takes another 4-5 hours to reinstall the engine,check alignment and such.
so no I am not out to rip anyone off, warrenty is just that. however warrenty does not cover acessability.
however it is my contention that if the parent company owns both the powerplant manufacture and the hull manufacture the warrenty should cover access.
it does not though.
. While you guys are good and ethical techs, there are a bunch of hacks (esp. here in Charleston) who are not. Taking a position of not wanting to endanger someone else's meal ticket vs. giving it to a forum member straight sucks...
