[Bass_Appeal]

i forgot to mention how much money i saved doing most of my own stuff! when i first bought a boat it was an 83 renkin i was fixing up and the engine needed some work, it was an i/o so i called a mechanic, after 3 hours and saying this and that nothing was fixed and he wanted three hours pay ! i got pissed off gave him his money and told him never to come back. so i sold the boat and said the hell with that. went an bought my proline ...i was on the delaware river and my alt went on me. called seatow to haul me back ...got to my marina and started calling people to come look at it (not knowing it was my alt)after calling so many people and having them tell me its like 90-105 an hour but couldnt tell me how many hours it would take to figure the problem out ...i got even more mad !! a good mechanic should be able to diagnose in an hour then how ever many minutes to hrs to fix ...i bought the manual and started doin everything myself! come on forums to ask questions from knowledgable people like yourselves what it could be then work from there ...!! saved prob about 5000.00 or better on repair labor so far !!