I must have been very bad... working on a Moomba

He showed today at the shop, handed half the money cash, said he will be paying the rest by june.
He wants to finish some other works I saw the boat needed (transmision lag bolts dont bite much on the composite stringer) so he still wants me to coordinate the job with the plastics guy.

You should have kept the watch as a collateral payment.

I curious about the story ending... did he pay?

horkn wrote: Why did you deliver the boat before they settled up what they owe you?

This kind of deals seem to be ran different here than in the states, let's just say things are pretty much "informal" down here, and by this I dont mean this is worse or better.

The ideal scenario would be that after I test ride the boat and make sure everything is ok, we go test ride it together, I tell him how great I think his boat is and when he proudly says "YES" I show him the bill (hahaha) he pays, we shake hands and he takes his boat faaar away.
This happens somethimes, when customers have a human understanding of each other, but most are not.

He still needs me for directions on a stringer job patch, so he will pay.

uh oh

13 days after boat was delivered and 2 non attended phone calls I got to speak with the owner, he told me the boat performs and asked if there was anything left to pay... WAY YES, so I start giving him the detail,

damper machine job U$D85
Starter rebuild    U$D125
misc hardware      U$D17
ATF 3q             U$D24
     

Labour             U$D1095
includes:
going to the marina and diagnosing
pulling boat apart-put it all back together
taking care of delivering and picking tranny at transport
travelling 300km to pay tranny job (he asked me to take care of it)
retire/install starter
engine/tranny alignment
test boat
fix 2 leaky ballast pumps
add rope to packing gland.

+/-60 man hours without the tranny trip

He asked to "fine tune the numbers", sure I did... I discounted him 1 peso (U$D .25cents)

Luch

I found the pictures of the starter...

Hey lucho my friend have a brand new rear mount (bellhousing) starter for sbc that might work...give a call and I can hook you up with them...
they were not able to use it as it would not engage with their Flywheel, seems its for larger flywheel than the one in their volvo 290...

one more lesson, dont ruin your weekend to make his weekend enjoyable....dont worry you'll grow thick skin....one cure is tell him you will need time and a half shop rate for the weekend...that usually will calm him and strangly he will wait another weekend

eric lavine wrote: how many hours total? what kind of watch is the guy wearing?

one of those that shines a lot and will outlive us all after nuclear war.

Kapla just got off the phone with you, I think the real damage was after the boat took a hit, but still there were some things missing that belong to the engine swap job.

10 more hours on the boat today, it really took longer than I expected to set the alignment, reaching the engine supports was real hard, also had to do some mods to the brackets attaching to the BH since the one we got is not an exact replacement for the Indmar BH.
Tomorrow will give the final adjustments on mounts and couplings, put the floor and upholstery back on water test.

Started aseembling everything today, 10 hours later I got the flywheel back on, the new damper, new bellhousing, inline unit and supports attached to both transmission and hull.
Tomorrow will drop the Vdrive, set the alignment and plug everything else on, luckily will test ride tomorrow and deliver after some clean up.

Surpringly it took less time to put it all back on than I thought. Transmission supports were a pain in the A as the tranny didnt slip through the hole in the back seat into the BH with the supports on, so I had to put them once it was all set up.

I forgot to take the camera with me as I wanted to show you the damper plate I got, it's a pretty tought unit.

Question, how much would labour cost for a job like this be on the US?

nothing an envelope cant take care of

here at my shop? im here now. ATM? yeah, wtf, thats what my wife thinks i am....automatic teller machine (money machine)

what is your version of atm?

Luch can you take a pic of the splines? im pretty sure i have a spare shaft, one of my guys cleaned up and moved it and i briefly looked thursday and found the case....i would hold off on the seal and gasket kit, because its all o-rings and input and output seal. order the input and output seal seperatly.... TMI in Florida has them (transmission marine) 800-462-8848    dont know the number outside the US though. put the 650 in your pocket,
I will look this morning (Saturday) for the shaft.
how is your english? if you would like you can call me at my shop 330-273-8291, btw, my english is good, no twangs, just a little yankee lol

seeing all that money involved i´d charge him no less than u$d1k...or more just in case they f*ck up the tranny work and you have to go again with the job...
is the tranny work guaranteed?
For the differnce between repair and the new one i´d get the new one..if they have it in stock....sell the core and get some money back...
I´ve been with tranny repairs here and they never lasted..ended up replacing the tranny with a refurbed unit..(big mistake!!!)