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Old 05-07-2016, 09:55 AM   #73
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Originally Posted by BandB View Post
How old was the spare? Impellers do tend to harden over time, even in packaging. We have a replacement schedule for those in our spares. Then the other aspect, your boat is depending on a cheap little piece, probably cost a dollar to make, so how good is the consistency and quality control? Always has gotten me on equipment and boats, you have a $250k piece of machinery and you're at the mercy of a 50 cent piece of plastic.
$0.50 piece of plastic is OK... long as it's well designed and made correctly with correct materials. A $25K to $75K engine can also be the fail-point.

Seems to me... the bottom line is to have good parts and parcels as well as stringently adhered to maintenance/replacement schedules.

Easier said than done!
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