[AT] Jap tractors

[charlie hill]

Hi Thomas,

Not to get into the Yanmar Vs. whatever arguement but those kinds of 
problems are not uncommon with marinized versions of diesel engines. 
Particularly for smaller boats.  The engines are turned up to produce far 
more power than the same engine would ever be forced to turn out in a 
automotive or ag application.    If you read the fine print on  high 
performance marine diesels you will find that some of are rated for as 
little as 100 hrs of service.  That is the extreme but you get the point. 
Unfortunately there are lots of folks buying boats that have so much money 
they don't care what things cost and even more unfortunately there are 
marine dealers who had rather make money than to warn their customers that 
they are about to get screwed.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas O. Mehrkam" <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Jap tractors


> This has noting to do with tractors. But my brother in law purchased a 38 
> ft Cigarette boat with two Yanmar diesel engines. His main motivation was 
> for lower fuel consumption's and lower maintenance costs. He paid $30,000 
> more for the diesel engines.
>
> He had nothing but trouble. Blew the turbo and exhaust elbow 100 miles off 
> shore of Florida. Almost lost the boat but made it back to Key West. 
> Yanmar tried their best to side step the warranty issues. I took two years 
> and a lawyer to resolve the issue. He got $10,000 for $30,000 in repairs.
>
> The boat dealer would not admit to problems but he showed him a shelf with 
> 30 or 40 turbo charger housings. It was his way of admitting that there 
> was a big problem with the product. Yanmar tried every dirty trick to get 
> out of honoring the warranty. They analyzed the defective parts and sent 
> the report in Japanese. My brother in law had to pay for the translation 
> only to find out that the report admitted that there was a problem.
>
> All parts were very over priced even for boat parts. How about $1000 for a 
> power steering pump. It was basically a Toyota pump. Had it rebuilt for 
> $35 at a auto rebuild place. Then there was $1000 for a complete set of 
> hoses for this engine.
>
> I would stay from Yamnar at all costs. You will pay a fortune for the 
> parts and not get any service. If they are gray market then forget about 
> it.
>
> He did. He traded the boat for one with Mercury gas engines. $20,000 will 
> buy a lot of gas. He can get both engines rebuilt for less than $10,000.
>
> Steve W. wrote:
>> Yanmar is the outfit that makes the smaller JD diesel tractors. They
>
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