Re: hull extension in progress with picks
Re: hull extension in progress with picks
Feel for you oops. must be drivin' ya nuts playing the waiting game.... hopefully he came through for you.
And congrats on passing the 100,000 views on your thread....
thank you, that means ive been getting a lot of help. i could not have gotten this far with out your guys help and support.
ok.....the update !!!!!!
2pm yesterday....i call him....talk to his wife....she runs the office....she tells me its getting done.......(i need to make arrangements to pick up the boat....its 30 mins away....and they close before i do)
410 pm.....(he closes at five).....i call.....no answer (there is three staff there
they all just stand by the counters and answer the phones.
4 :30
i finally get a hold of him......he says he hasnt got it done yet because he does not know what motor/drive package is going in there.....
..... i say....WHAT???.....(he is storing the 4.3 and the alpha for me.....and i told him to cut the 4.3 because it needed to get installed in 2 weeks or less)
then he tells me.....that the placement is all different......there is a big difference between a volvo and a merc.....between a alpha and a bravo....and he didnt know what one to cut........
i say WHAT?????.....i calmly told him he was to cut it for the 4.3 and the alpha.......he says.....but you are going to change the motor in there....i say yeah.....he says he needs to know what motor and drive before he can cut it....i say i dont know....but the 4.3 alpha is going in there ...cut that pattern.
he says he cant....i say in all likely hood a 383 is going in there....so thats a 350 block....so its the same as the 4.3.....he says no its not.....
......i say WHAT????????????
(a 4.3 is identical to a 350 its just like someone took a giant saw and cut off the fromt two cylinders)
i tell him hang on....ill have the answer for him in 15 mins.....(before i tell the mech he's full of poop....i need to re check my facts.....
so i asked here
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=283247
within 5 minits don and bondo had the answer for me.....
i drove down and got my boat back......
when got there....he had the boat at a fiberglass shop....i think he was trying to farm it out....
soooo.... my boat is now back at its home bay.....at rent a boat....they are still letting me stay there.....
glad to see my baby back at home......i took the cap off her again....i did it my self....just slid it back....and started to install the backing strips for the rub rail.....i have some pics but the camera batts died so i only have a few.....ill have a full update in about 2 hours
