10 Hour Service North Texas

[crains]

Looking to have a 10 Hour service done. Are there any mobile mechanics in North Texas that would do this at our Marina?
Phil Dill Boats has quite the wait. Would rather not be off the water for a month.

 

[scokill]

Waste of money. There is a checklist on page 130 of your manual. Essentially it's check to make sure everything works, no loose bolts/connections, grease a few things, change the oil (not filter...odd) and inspect the sparkplugs. I recall I did this at Phil Dill and it was $500+ down the drain 14 years ago. If you are lightly handy you can do this yourself. If you are not then you may not have a choice.

 

[Scottintexas]

did you buy your boat from Phil Dill ?

 

[crains]

did you buy your boat from Phil Dill ?

I did

 

[adrianp89]

Yeah - DIY. Boat is very simple to work on. Plugs and oil change is about an hour worth of time. 40 minutes of that is waiting for the oil to be pumped out. ~20 minutes each engine with my cheap amazon extractor.

 

[kgower]

Minimal investment. If I can do it, anyone can do it.

 

[BenjaminF]

Agreed with all the above comments.
I did mine too.
It creates a bond with your boat too.

 

[Scottintexas]

It's a sad state when you buy a brand new 255 from a dealer and they won't even work you in for a 10 hour service, how hard is it to make an appointment, block off a tech and have the owner drop the boat off one day and pick it up the next or even two,

a month without the boat, a bet the salesman didn't mention that when he was doing the paperwork,

I've not heard of any yamaha mechanics that are mobile, I would be very cautious of your normal marina mechanics as they're not familiar with yamahas and don't know the engine on, cooling water on, cooling water off, engine off process,


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