Re: question about buying a 1971 reinell I/O
Would I pay extra for the dealer to provide me a compression
test and if so what is a fair price to pay?
and would I want to be present while it is done?
i only know about the place i bought my boat from. so i don't know if it's the norm. but.
i had the dealer provide me compression numbers over the phone when i looked at my boat. also numbers on a pressure test of the drive and for how long it held. the numbers were good so i drove 540 miles to see my boat. while checking it out in person. another compression test was done after a test drive. the drive was also pressure tested again after the test drive. along with letting me feel the first drops of gear lub that was drained out. this was all done on the dealers dime. i'm sure i appeared like i wanted to buy. but still, at that point the dealer did't have a dime of my money. only my interest.
so i'd think, yes, do it in ft. of you. and for price. i don't know. my dealer dealt with me for 8 hrs + before he got my money. there was no charge for any of the test i ask to be performed...
that boat looks like it would qualify for accelerated prices. she's a cutie... but if i were you, i'd think long and hard about the omc drive it has. like i said. i didn't want one, boats are hard enough to keep going w/o fighting an obsolete drive. my rule when buying was, no omc, no mercriser 470 engines. if either one of those were present, i stopped looking at that boat. no matter how cool it was. to me. the reinell you looking at qualifys for not looking because of the omc. to bad too. if she had a mercrusier, i'd think jump on it.. but it don't and i'd walk on that one.... imho of course..
