Motor Repair?

[WetDawg]

So far I have found this site to be the best $25 I have ever spent. :icon_smil
You guys have been great, got a warm welcome and have already met a couple folks.

Now I need your local knowledge on small engine repair.
Working on my outboard last night and pulled the starter rope right out of the thing (I guess it was time to go - better in the driveway than in the swamp). In any case, after fiddling around with the thing for more than an hour I realized that putting the thing back together exceeds my limited mechanical skills.
Talked with the only Evinrude repair shop I know of in Ft. Lauderdale - Angler's Marine on SR 84 - (gotten some parts from them) and they are booked solid with repair work right now (the guy did not come right out and say what I am sure he felt: "I can't help your dumb a$$ because I'm too busy making an sh!t load of money working on big engines")

So that brings me to my question;

Option 1 - does anyone know any small shops in the Ft. Laud./Miami area that do minor repairs for cheap?
Option 2 - (even better) are any of you guys handy with 1990's 30hp Evinrudes?
Option 3 - should I just set the boat on fire and bum rides the rest of the season?

Any advice would be appreciated. :help:

[Kevin Hall]

Here's probably the best advice that you'll ever get concerning outboards ...

Go to a "marine supply" place and pick up a shop manual for your motor(s). It's a lot easier to learn to do it yourself (and cheaper! :D ) ... that way you are limited by someone being "backlogged" with work. It's not that hard to do yourself.

There are two different brands of shop manuals that I reccommend ... Clymer and Seloc ... I'm partial to the Clymer manuals. You can probably find them on the net.

http://www.amazon.com, http://www.repairmanual.com/, http://www.marineengine.com, http://www.boatfix.com/, http://www.shipstore.com/

Those would be good places to start looking ...

[brightlights]

Kevin, it was a multiple choice answer.

The guy doesnt want to learn how to fish!:laughing6

He is a hunter.

Just kidding of course. Good Luck.

[Kevin Hall]

:tongue11:

Yeah ... but, he'll save a lot of money in the long run by learning how to do the simple stuff. ;)

[GEO4DUCK]

Try: Drummond's Outboard Service
20 S. E. 9th St
Deerfield
954-421-1223
He is familiar with older outboards and is not too busy to fix small motors
This address is just N. of 10th st., between Dixie and Fed'l in Deerfield------
exit I-95 at 10th St:)

[brightlights]

Hello Capt.

Sounds like you are a bit bored.......I hear Tony needs some help with his landscaping.:icon_razz

[R W]

Docs in hollywood right by the turnpike at hollywood blvd. First block heading east past the turnpike turn right its about two blocks down on the right

[godvlman]

Try:

TOTAL MARINE

954-587-0486

He is in Davie Florida located just west of 441 off of Orange Drive in the warehouses... He may be able to help or point you in the right direction

Ask to speak to Frank

Good Luck

[Caleb]

me personaly? Option 3 :D

[Young Buck]

Option 3 - should I just set the boat on fire and bum rides the rest of the season?

Any advice would be appreciated. :help:

Don't burn the boat just the motor because when it comes to paying to get a motor fixed you'll need this first...:ky: because you always get screwed at the motor shop. :angry9: