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UPDATE.................. Dealer/ service mgr. confirmed motor was mounted crooked and contacted the factory . Also had area rep come to look at it . Rep stated "this is the worst one I have ever seen" Rangers answer ...... Sorry can't be crooked leave it alone. This was looked at before and we still believe the motor is mounted correct . Rep contacted factory and was told it just looks crooked leave it alone. Service mgr sent 2 very nice emails with pictures as requested. Answer ....boat is now out of warranty if customer wants us to look at it he can bring boat to factory and we will look at it or we will pick boat up at dealership with our transport during a delivery. Customer will pay $550.00 for transport . I instructed the service mgr that this issue was brought to their attention in 08. Factory instructed that dealer to leave it alone "can't be crooked" finally after I sent all emails and pics to the head of warranty they responded by giving first dealer the ok to fix. They were sending out pultruded rod and adheisive . The head mechanic at this dealership told me he was not comfortable doing this repair,stated to me "I will do it but I can't promise it will be perfict but it will be better" I felt boat should go back to the factory New dealer/ service mgr forwarded all this info to head of warranty . He called me and now they want the boat back at the factory. No charge for transport . I have a 2 week trip planned and then it's back to the dealer then back to the factory. I will say both dealers have been great but I can't believe the factory wasn't bending over backwards to make this right???? I also have a spot in the floor that never bonded to the inner floor and they said they would look at this also.

Actually the boat is going to a new dealer for the bellcrank recall on the Verado This fri. and they are calling the area ranger rep to come out and look at it. The service mngr seems pretty sharp. He told me he has seen other motors mounted crooked from ranger . I'll report what they say.

You should of went with it ,I was just about to send you a deposite for a 42

Wiley,just curious how many boats YF produces in a year? No I'm not with the IRS !

#1 Ihave #2 I will now #3 in a lake if i also had a bucket with me

Prop ???? rpm ????? gear heads gotta know these things !

He looks younger in the video....that speed sure takes the wrinkles out!! Beautiful boat ,is this one of those 7k + rpm racing engines

Thanks for the link BWP part is ordered. Dave

Anyone know a good online vendor to buy a bep cluster and some bep breakers . I've tried a few of the links they have on their site with no luck. Im looking for a # 716 cluster Thanks Dave

Here's a pic I took the day I visited the factory . Looks like the guy on the left has a jig mounted to a hull bottom and is drilling away. also look at the hull to the right , engine holes are already drilled . I was pretty sure it was done this way at this factory but the pic is proof. At this facility the decks travel down one side of the plant and the hulls are on the opposite side. Both sides have a "cutting area" where all the holes /grinding is done. This just means "IMO" that the "FIBERGLASS ENGINEER" that worked on my boat just blew the jig alignment ,either it slipped or it had some crud on it when it went up against the bottom of my hull .

How does the factory jig mount to the hull? I would think it should be squared up up to the running surface of the hull?Do the mounting holes get drilled after the cap gets joined to the hull? My upper bolts are not visable in the splashwell,there are two access holes in the splash well to access the nuts. I guess what I'm unclear on is if the cap was put on crooked would that throw off the jig?Now the factory uses robots to drill the holes.

Crappy docks/piers that have nails and jagged shards of metal ready to mame my pristine gelcoat, no matter how I place my fenders. Oh and all floating docks ,up here people use em so they can leave em in during hard water (ice). Most of the floating docks I have walked on bounce and bob so much you feel like you had 4 margaritas .

Thanks 250 I know your background and trust your judgement so I'll let the dealer have a crack at it. Dave

Agreed. It's actually a simple job for any accomplished glass guy. But it needs to be done, on their dime! Guys, its not the glass work I'm worried about. Not really any glass work to do if I understood them correctly. They plan to pull the motor ,check the existing holes against the template .assuming the upper starboard hole is correct they will then prep the other 3 holes and plug them with pultruded fiberglass rod and bonding adheisive. Now comes the part that worries me . The orig. holes are off by about 3/16" wich means when they drill the new holes they will be drilling mostly on the rod and partially into the transom . If they had the "real" template from the factory and went nice and slow should work out fine but the tech told me there sending out a paper template .He told me he cant guarantee it will be perfect but it will be better . WTF. Also it seems every time I bring my boat in for service I find another nic or scratch in the cowling. I just want to be clear I do like this dealer ,they have been verry helpful in a very bad situation with this boat "enough of a story to start a new thread about dealer horror stories" . So ..... let em have at it or insist it go back to the factory ?????

Hey welder ,this is some of my work ,been doin lots of rays and sailfish .I'll paint anything if it will sell. This black on was for a guys sons 21st birthday. Back to my engine my 1st question to you guys is do you all think a dealer can handle this job?