I recently took my 1999 mercury 115hp to have a new water pump installed as I have not done so in the 2 years I've had the boat (no problems was working fine just trying to keep it that way.) After installing the pump, the shop asked me if I have ever had problems getting the boat in gear from neutral, drive, or reverse and they were going to check it and get back to me. I have never had any problems with the motor or changing gears or speeds in the 2 years I've had the boat. I later get a call back from the shop informing me that the bearing carrier was bad and it would cost an extra $483 to replace (giving me a so called deal on labor charging me for 2 hours instead of the expected 2 1/2 at a labor cost of $100 an hour.) How likely is it that the bearing carrier would be damaged while replacing the water pump because I have never had a problem before. They want to charge me $200 to replace the water pump and now and extra $483 just to get the boat running again when it was running fine when I dropped it off. Are they just trying to get me to pay for their mistake.
