dal
We to have had a bad experience, they worked on 86 OMC outdrive, said the upper housing was damaged from freezing because of not loosening the six bolts $1900 for a used housing plus labour to transfer the gears from our housing. They did not properly shim the shaft into the housing resulting in end play on the shaft. Two weekends were lost because of overheats caused by them leaving the impeller shaft into far ( manual shows a special tool to be used on assembly)so the impeller would slip. Instead of tearing down to repair a hole was drilled in the shaft and pulled out that way. This spring I'm having another mechanic go over it and has found teeth marks ( vise grips) were used inpart of their disasembly lacking the proper tools. Noticeable wear marks on the gears from improper shimming is evident. It didn"t help that a local Gananoque Marina had pulled the boat and sent drive to them so dealing with two parties only added to aggravation
Comments
I would like to comment on DAL's review from April 2010. I have been the proprietor of DC Marine in Kingston since the of spring 2008, having bought it from the former owner of DC Auto & Marine. I am absolutely certain that we DID NOT do the work on DAL's older OMC drive. We have never done any work for a marina in Ganaoque.
I would, however, like to find out who did do the work and might be using our name, so if DAL could help me out it would be very helpful. I can be reached at 613 5445626 and would be happy to try to resolve any other marine difficulties that DAL might have.
henrydc