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Old 06-30-2017, 07:13 PM   #90
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I think easier to drop another in and then rebuild this one and be able to warranty both. If he just came in and took a shortcut in repairing this one, then there would be suspicion that any future problem was a result of all this. To break this one down completely in the boat would take time and might or might not uncover issues.

Smart manufacturers have their own internal lemon law. I knew an outboard motor dealer years ago sold a bass boat and it ran beautifully for about an hour and a half, then about 25% throttle was it's max. It was brought in and every electronic component on the motor checked bad, so all replaced. All checked. Sent back out and same thing happened. Changed all the components again and this time didn't turn it over to the owner but went out and ran it an hour and a half themselves, thinking this was the time and id happened again. At that point they called the manufacturer who said "If your guys can't tell, then we sure don't know. Replace it and send the old one to us so we can try to figure it out." Had they let the bass fisherman try again, that would have really hurt the manufacturer's reputation and the dealer's.
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