More Problems

In the process of doing the engine alignment I will also be replacing the motor mounts. I'd love to watch/ help/pay someone to do it so that I could see and learn how it's done.

John - You sound capable. Go get your boat back! This guy is screwing with you.

Alignment is very intuitive once you get the concept in your head.

If you cab change oil, you can do an alignment.

Patience is the biggest resource required.

you forgot the ever so important envelope....
dont worry cow, i sat at a marina yesterday and with a guy for 4 hours waiting for them to lift an engine in, the guy was pissed and told me why did you have to come on a busy day and my reply was i couldve come tommorow (today) which is really the busiest boating season day of the year.

but, why dont you grab the boat and try the alignment yourself?

This year all i have needed was a trans install and engine alignment. After around 2-3 months i got a call saying my boat was "ready". I picked it up and realized that they put it within the wrong spec. they only aligned it to 8-thousandths when it needed to be 3. So after a 2-3 month wait, my boat has to go right back to the shop to get the work re-done.

This time my boat has been there for 3 weeks and the company told me it would be before memorial day weekend but like always, they have yet to touch it. I called the guy to ask when he thought it would be ready and he said..." if you want to use it this weekend, as-is, you can without a problem." I know he is wrong about that because there wouldn't be a spec for the alignment if it wasn't necessary.

So my question here is...Is he wrong or am I? and what problems would this cause? (just a heads up, im not taking my boat out until its within spec, im just curious)