SavinRaven
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Sep 16, 2021
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So I had purchased a boat during the off-season from a marina when it was shrink wrapped with the understanding if it wasnt sea worthy i wouldnt be purchasing it and theyd give my money back (all contractual) . I explained i wanted something with good transom and engine no soft spots and id be looking at all this and more... (basically giving me free reign to cancel the transaction if I didn't like it) from pics it looked good if no great.. to good to be true... When i went today to test drive it and see it and all its glory while it was out of wrap and out of winterization it was in rougher shape then originally led to believe from pics. I did see it wrapped but the interior was rough more tears and such that i couldnt see then. (Okay no big deal) I can handle that part we do some upholstery work on the past and for what I was paying to it's still a good deal... about 5k under what it should be being sold for. Profesional interior on this boat would be about 3500.
I felt back and transom where the hole is for the gimbal housing and its wet??? Not soggy not soft... but just a bit wet... kind of let down because i had brought my moisture tester. Couldnt even use it since they soaked it in there testing of the boat they explain..
Rewind a bit: they called me Monday said they put it in the water and it had a leak in the bellows. So they replaced the bellows. Now it's water tight... so they say..
The transom still seemed to be good not soft but a little wet from when they put it in to test it the day before.. i did the knock test since moisture meter was a no go i didnt find anything. Decking seemed good just needed a good cleaning.
Going on: I ask the kid putting the boat in not to start it till I get down there because I wanted to start it. When we got down there he was trying to start it and getting no turn over. We walk up and I say. I wanted to start it? He said well it's not going to start. I ask about the choke and bla bla bla. It's literally a bad carb is what it appeared to be to me and to him. It was flooded but after waiting still wouldnt go... Oh well he killed the batteries trying to start it after 20 minutes... both of them........
In turn they wrote me a check for the total I paid and I left as the contract was stated... (thank god)
They called me back a few hours later telling me they'd replace the carb with a new one and deliver it.
I said no I'd still want to drive it. And they can deliver it but I want a 90 days guarantee on mechanical parts...
They said they'd run it up the chain. I wouldn't be so upset but it was 3 hr drive and we have now been there and back 3 times to go through this once in the truck to pick it up at about 80$ in fuel. Do you think I'm being fair to the marina? Also they had just had it started a few hours before we got there... so now I have a few concerns..
Could it be anything other then the carb?
It's the 2001 mariah diablo 4.3 listed in my signature.
I felt back and transom where the hole is for the gimbal housing and its wet??? Not soggy not soft... but just a bit wet... kind of let down because i had brought my moisture tester. Couldnt even use it since they soaked it in there testing of the boat they explain..
Rewind a bit: they called me Monday said they put it in the water and it had a leak in the bellows. So they replaced the bellows. Now it's water tight... so they say..
The transom still seemed to be good not soft but a little wet from when they put it in to test it the day before.. i did the knock test since moisture meter was a no go i didnt find anything. Decking seemed good just needed a good cleaning.
Going on: I ask the kid putting the boat in not to start it till I get down there because I wanted to start it. When we got down there he was trying to start it and getting no turn over. We walk up and I say. I wanted to start it? He said well it's not going to start. I ask about the choke and bla bla bla. It's literally a bad carb is what it appeared to be to me and to him. It was flooded but after waiting still wouldnt go... Oh well he killed the batteries trying to start it after 20 minutes... both of them........
In turn they wrote me a check for the total I paid and I left as the contract was stated... (thank god)
They called me back a few hours later telling me they'd replace the carb with a new one and deliver it.
I said no I'd still want to drive it. And they can deliver it but I want a 90 days guarantee on mechanical parts...
They said they'd run it up the chain. I wouldn't be so upset but it was 3 hr drive and we have now been there and back 3 times to go through this once in the truck to pick it up at about 80$ in fuel. Do you think I'm being fair to the marina? Also they had just had it started a few hours before we got there... so now I have a few concerns..
Could it be anything other then the carb?
It's the 2001 mariah diablo 4.3 listed in my signature.
