Merc 250 Verado Fuel increase

[nola mike]

Also found out you don't need the special tool to remove or install the ALT belt. 8M0146862 ($55 to $70)

Just cut the belt to remove, and hold the belt with one hand while you rotate the motor using breaker bar. You DO need the special tool to rotate the motor. 8M146861 ($72 to $85)

This would infuriate me. Is there a lemon law for boats?

 

[alldodge]

This would infuriate me. Is there a lemon law for boats?

Yes, but this issue has not been looked at by dealer yet. I'm really thinking all along it was caused by what was installed trying to get VV to fully power down. VV wasn't powering down because Chap didn't rig the boat correctly

 

[muc]

If it helps, I stripped and painted my lower by the book and about half of it peeled off in sheets after one six hour outing.

Paint coming off in sheets is bad prep.
@alldodge has silver gear cases. this is a special $62 a can catalyzed paint. And special prep. Once you start, you have less then 6 hrs to use it up. This means the 4 coats need to be put on every 1/2 to 1 hr.
Mercury pays 3 hrs. So I could guess that some dealerships might skip some of what should be done.
Looking at the photos @alldodge posted earlier with all the over spray, I will also guess they tried to do this outside and the environmental conditions weren't right.

 

[muc]

This would infuriate me. Is there a lemon law for boats?

No Lemon Law for boats. There are some consumer protection laws, but in 40 years I have heard of very few successful cases and never seen one that worked out in the customers favor.

But I'm not sure why you be upset Mercury made a couple of special tools for this job? They aren't needed, they just make sure this job can be correctly and SAFELY. safely more then anything

 

[muc]

We don't do many Simrad setups, but do install many Garmin and Hummingbird MFDs. It is common for MFDs to read a slightly different voltage. Anything 0.5v and under is nothing to worry about. As always, the voltages you see on the scan tool and DMM are all that really matter.

I have long felt that some of these problems are due to something going wrong during rigging at the factory. The trouble is that these glitches pretty much require a highly trained tech, a Mercury dealer only scan tool and the possibility of a lot of hours. Only 2 out of the many dealers I've worked for would even think of doing this on a boat they sold. Because at this point it's really only a glitch ---- the boat still boats.

 

[alldodge]

I'm thinking if the dealer doesn't see anything on the G3 than my next thought is to remove the Firstmate and VV mobile, I don't use them anyway.