Texasmark
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Boy Son gets this used Merc. Decide to do the things you do when you don't know and a couple of other things. (The impeller has already been done.)
One of the things you do is to replace the thermostats (2 ea, V6). The other thing was to replace the lower unit lube and since the screws for that were stripped (where the stupid tapered edge flat blade screwdriver fits) I had ordered new screws. (Tapered flat blade screwdrivers, rather than blades with tip sides parallel to the slots in the screws is another king size (!@#$%^&*) of mine.....how can you expect to extract a screw, especially a stubborn screw, when the removal device is wedge shaped. :devil: :devil: :devil: ). Would like to have a one on one chat with the ME moron that passed that off on humanity.
The parts arrive today after pushing 3 weeks from time of order. The screws have sealing washers in the bag with the screws......geez someone at Merc.com replacement parts is using their head......naw, with all the other screw ups he must be sick!
Next comes the thermostat. No, the brilliant genius that thought this up chose to not include the gasket with this.....so they come separate as a separate line item with the appropriate charge. Now, who in their right mind is going to change a stat without changing the seal also? :| :| :| Really getting my case by now.
So I remove the stats from the bags to install the separate washers and notice that one of the stats is severely distorted.... like smashed; obvious that it got smashed somewhere between mfgr and arrival in the box that the dealer sent it to me in as there was no damage in my shipping carton.
Close examination of the plastic bag that the stat came in clearly shows cuts in the plastic where the stat was smashed somewhere along the line and cut the bag when it was smashed.
Now, why didn't the parts guy catch this; we are only in our 3rd week waiting for these stupid parts. Now we are still broken down.
So I call the clerk and tell him what I found. He said, no problem, I'll order you another one and ship it to you.......:devil: :devil: :devil:....what's that going to take another 3 weeks, and who's going to pay for it? So the question is, why didn't you catch it prior to shipping it to me??????
In conclusion he asks me to return the damaged stat to him. :devil: :devil: :devil: . The stupid stat is $10.40. To ship it will cost a min of $6.00 plus I have to drive to town to go to the post office..................
One of the things you do is to replace the thermostats (2 ea, V6). The other thing was to replace the lower unit lube and since the screws for that were stripped (where the stupid tapered edge flat blade screwdriver fits) I had ordered new screws. (Tapered flat blade screwdrivers, rather than blades with tip sides parallel to the slots in the screws is another king size (!@#$%^&*) of mine.....how can you expect to extract a screw, especially a stubborn screw, when the removal device is wedge shaped. :devil: :devil: :devil: ). Would like to have a one on one chat with the ME moron that passed that off on humanity.
The parts arrive today after pushing 3 weeks from time of order. The screws have sealing washers in the bag with the screws......geez someone at Merc.com replacement parts is using their head......naw, with all the other screw ups he must be sick!
Next comes the thermostat. No, the brilliant genius that thought this up chose to not include the gasket with this.....so they come separate as a separate line item with the appropriate charge. Now, who in their right mind is going to change a stat without changing the seal also? :| :| :| Really getting my case by now.
So I remove the stats from the bags to install the separate washers and notice that one of the stats is severely distorted.... like smashed; obvious that it got smashed somewhere between mfgr and arrival in the box that the dealer sent it to me in as there was no damage in my shipping carton.
Close examination of the plastic bag that the stat came in clearly shows cuts in the plastic where the stat was smashed somewhere along the line and cut the bag when it was smashed.
Now, why didn't the parts guy catch this; we are only in our 3rd week waiting for these stupid parts. Now we are still broken down.
So I call the clerk and tell him what I found. He said, no problem, I'll order you another one and ship it to you.......:devil: :devil: :devil:....what's that going to take another 3 weeks, and who's going to pay for it? So the question is, why didn't you catch it prior to shipping it to me??????
In conclusion he asks me to return the damaged stat to him. :devil: :devil: :devil: . The stupid stat is $10.40. To ship it will cost a min of $6.00 plus I have to drive to town to go to the post office..................