A guy I work with has a 115hp Merc, 1984, on his fishing boat. Don't ask me why someone needs that big of an engine, I sleep, eat, fish and drink beer in my boat and my 25hp has always been fine. Anyways, enough editorial, he was told he needs a new lower seal on the power head. $1000 to $1250, mostly labor. He is willing to spend the money if he has to, but does anyone out there know of a shop in the western or nw part of the Mpls area that will work for less money than $100/hr? And do a good job?Or, anyone have a 115hp merc in that era for a reasonable price?
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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A guy I work with has a 115hp Merc, 1984, on his fishing boat. Don't ask me why someone needs that big of an engine, I sleep, eat, fish and drink beer in my boat and my 25hp has always been fine. Anyways, enough editorial, he was told he needs a new lower seal on the power head. $1000 to $1250, mostly labor. He is willing to spend the money if he has to, but does anyone out there know of a shop in the western or nw part of the Mpls area that will work for less money than $100/hr? And do a good job?Or, anyone have a 115hp merc in that era for a reasonable price?
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