Finally got a set together...

[SuperNova]

My boat runs twin 260 merc's with alpha 1's and a while back I managed to come up with a '99 5.7 factory roller-motor for 150 bucks..brand new. Great, now all I needed was a matching engine for the other side.....well great news...one of the guys inthe shop mis-diagnosed a customer's engine with catastrophic failure...and replaced it. Well, all it had was a blown head gasket...so I bought the core for 250 and wa-la I now have a set of matching 5.7 vortech roller motors for 400 bucks. Now to get the flywheels and couplers...etc....some minor upgrades to make at least 350 hp from each.....

 

[Fishermark]

Re: Finally got a set together...

Sounds great!

 

[SuperNova]

Re: Finally got a set together...

Can't cry about it that's for sure.
But...it's still gonna cost me another 1200 bucks in parts to put them in the boat. Still cheap all things considered, I guess, but being slow at work right now, 1200 is a fortune. Good thing my motors are still good, I'm thinking. I'd also like to upgrade one of the outdrives to counter-rotating....all big dreams right now....

 

[Alpheus]

Re: Finally got a set together...

one of the guys inthe shop mis-diagnosed a customer's engine with catastrophic failure...and replaced it. Well, all it had was a blown head gasket...

I would be pretty pi$$ed if that happened to me. How can you mis-diagnose a blown head gasket? Must have had a customer with more money than brains or a heck of a warrant rep...

 

[SuperNova]

Re: Finally got a set together...

I would be pretty pi$$ed if that happened to me. How can you mis-diagnose a blown head gasket? Must have had a customer with more money than brains or a heck of a warrant rep...

No kidding......and no, the customer was a poor old black guy who is sort of the shop mascot. No warranty.....customer had to pay all the way. It's a shame really, and a long story, but I explained to the tech that a simple cylinder leakage test would have shown the true problem. He did a compression test and when #3 had no compression, he stopped and said it needed a new motor. Manager loves him soooooo...it must need a new motor. O.k. I'll take the old one, no problem. I didn't make an issue out of it....didn't see the point.