What’s with boaters not changing water pump until it’s too late

**RSWORDS** · 09-19-2019, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by KIRCHNER

Those are some clean hands, for lower unit service LOL. GOOD you found that impeller, for sure. i guess im lucky, getting a little lazy too. just sold my suzki dfi 175 4stroke 2012, original wp. maybe someday ill regret it. or find a mechanic i can trust working on my stuff.

I wash my hands probably 10 times a day. Nothing worse then a customer getting a boat back with greesy fingerprints all over it.

**RSWORDS** · 09-19-2019, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by Chaz

Kirchy, these young buck's are "factory trained technicians" , not mechanics ..

And they all wear disposable rubber gloves ..

It usta be customers ain't allowed in the work area ...

Now they teach em in school , when the customer wearin a suit and tie wanders around back , don't shake his hand and pat him on the back while yur hands is full of hypoid gear oil ...

No gloves here. Just lots of soap. Lol and I don't let anyone in my shop unless they need to be. Lol

You get the package?

**RSWORDS** · 09-19-2019, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o

Not too long ago I had one of "Mercurys Finest" send me a 305 two barrel Rochester. "We don't work on those"........traslation..."We don't know how to work on those".

I think we are one of the few shops that still works on mercruiser around here let alone rebuilds carbs.

**Chaz** · 09-19-2019, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by RSWORDS

No gloves here. Just lots of soap. Lol and I don't let anyone in my shop unless they need to be. Lol

You get the package?

Not yet ... maybe today

**phillnjack** · 09-19-2019, 09:57 AM

Impeller every year. cheap and easy to do. grease the spline. never had any of my driveshaft's get welded in.
then we get Mr stupid...... "mine never been out in 10 years would you change mine for me" ....me.. not until you loosen all the bolts and drop the leg 1 inch.
then ill do it..
I am not going to sit around for 2 or 3 days trying to un-seize a driveshaft due to stupidity, ignorance and greed,....
even if the blades dont rot the impeller takes on a set... plus gives you something to do on a rainy day..

**MattGreen** · 09-20-2019, 09:15 AM

At the J/E dealership I used to work at people who wouldn’t proactively change WP impellers were “good for business” ha ha. Oh it was a 1.5 hr job before .....well now you need a head gasket, etc etc.

On the stuck driveshafts: we nearly always were working on saltwater engines so this was pretty common, especially on the smaller engines. We had a custom puller that would pop out a shaft in about 10 minutes, that made us lots of money too. Spending 3 days on a stuck shaft is a no-go in a production environment.

Matt