Re: [OMC-Boats] swapping lower unit?

I can't comment on the difficulty of changing the lower unit because I've
never done that. I can comment that, unless the prop is completely trashed,
$100 to repair a prop is high. I have learned is most shops send props out
for repair. They take the repair shop price, mark it up to roughly double,
then pass it on to you. If you can locate the shop in your area that does
the actual work, you can probably cut that $100 down to $50-60 and make it a
no-brainer exercise. The place I use is R & L Tri City Marine in Livonia,
MI
(http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?tuid=F-YPC-21826258-139318224-M&tcat=25975916&city=Canton&state=MI&zip=48188&uzip=48188&msa=2160&slt=42.2899&sln=-83.4701&cs=5&fb=1&stat=:pos:2:fb:regT:1:fbT:3).
I don't know if they do mail order work, but it can't hurt to ask,
especially if you can't find a local shop. I've had several props done
there over the years (including repitching and resizing) and the price has
typically been $30-50 while the boat shops quoted me $75-100. Its been at
least 3 years since I've been in so I would expect something closer to $50
today.

Andy Perakes
'67 Reveler 155

----- Original Message -----
From: "jd" <jdood@...>
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's"
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:47 PM
Subject: [OMC-Boats] swapping lower unit?

>I have a spare lower unit with a basically new prop on it. I also have
>the lower unit that's on my boat. It's prop needs fixing. and of
>course the two props aren't interchangeable due to water intake clearance
>issues. Thinking about saving the $100 to fix the current prop and
>instead just swap the lower unit thats on now with the spare one. Ive
>never touched the lower unit. yes, I can sift through pages of manual
>text, but generally speaking, Is this a complicated process? Looks
>like a bolt on sort of thing. Looks like fishing the wire back up
>through the whole thing might be the hardest part. Also looks like it
>might not just simply push through the upper unit and intermediate housing
>to where it connects. And if I have to start undoing those parts then
>i'm screwed. This is all to save $100 of prop repair, but if it's
>going to be a can of worms i'll just pay the money.
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Received on Tuesday, 21 July 2009