MUST READ: Took my new boat (60 hp Mercury) in for 20 hour service ($200), took a week and half to get it back. When I picked it up, Rick said it was running great! I also had a fish finder installed, which was done right.
Rick called me the next day, asking if I had found tools in the boat that might have been left. when I pulled the cover to look, found life jacks that had been pulled out from the console sitting in the isle. Why wouldn't they have been put back? What mechanic leaves tools around?
A few days later, took the boat out to the lake, motor was miss firing, shaking and running horribly. Called Rick, he said it must be bad gas or the fuel line, told me to bring it in and he would take a look. (No warm and fussy and no week to wait)
Called mike's Marine in Medford, said he would hook up to the Mercury Diagnostic and find the problem. Same day 3 hours later, Mike (Owner), found that the spark plugs that rick had installed, had never been gapped.
Mike said they must have dropped one plug, as the tab on one spark plug was bent sideways.
Then to make things worse, the spark plug wires were mixed up and put on the wrong plugs.
I could only imagine if I had taken my boat in for a serious problem. I am not a mechanic, but not gapping a spark plug?? Rick said the motor was running great, that would mean that he never started the engine (Shook horribly).
I would recommend Mike's Marine in Medford. read more