reeltordarius
Well-Known Member
Hey Y'all!
Many of you likely know that I recently sold my 17' Arima Ranger and purchased a Tolly 26. I started the process to purchase the Tolly in mid December (deposit given). Knew it needed to be repowered and was lucky enough to get a brand new Chevy 350. I was referred to Mike @ Westshore Marine who, after several conversations and emails, suggested he would pick up the engine Jan 15 and boat Feb 1, with completion of the repower to be March 1. Engine was picked up Jan 15, boat picked up Feb 1. After several communications with Mike, I finally made the decision to pull the boat from his shop on April 2nd. Essentially, he couldn't give me a definitive timeframe as to when the repower would be completed. Part of the issue stemmed from the fact that he delayed in ordering the EFI system for no apparent reason. The old engine is out of the boat, new engine is "almost" completely assembled (except the EFI).
The boat has been with Jenkins Marine in Sooke since April 8th, they've been WAY better with communication and I suspect they'll do an overall better job given they seem to be a larger operation.
So my question is this, what are others experiences with repowering of inboard? Is 4-5 months a reasonable amount of time for a repower?
Thanks!
-D
Many of you likely know that I recently sold my 17' Arima Ranger and purchased a Tolly 26. I started the process to purchase the Tolly in mid December (deposit given). Knew it needed to be repowered and was lucky enough to get a brand new Chevy 350. I was referred to Mike @ Westshore Marine who, after several conversations and emails, suggested he would pick up the engine Jan 15 and boat Feb 1, with completion of the repower to be March 1. Engine was picked up Jan 15, boat picked up Feb 1. After several communications with Mike, I finally made the decision to pull the boat from his shop on April 2nd. Essentially, he couldn't give me a definitive timeframe as to when the repower would be completed. Part of the issue stemmed from the fact that he delayed in ordering the EFI system for no apparent reason. The old engine is out of the boat, new engine is "almost" completely assembled (except the EFI).
The boat has been with Jenkins Marine in Sooke since April 8th, they've been WAY better with communication and I suspect they'll do an overall better job given they seem to be a larger operation.
So my question is this, what are others experiences with repowering of inboard? Is 4-5 months a reasonable amount of time for a repower?
Thanks!
-D
- hurts to see how long this is taking.
. Would have also made a big difference if I could have been doing other projects on the boat if it were in Vancouver....(and by projects I mean just sitting on the boat with a beer) 
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