Originally Posted by
76Bonneville
Not an engine builder, but do the maintenance.
Usually pull the motor at the end of the season and put it in the garage. Change the oil and fire the motor just before pulling it out. With a jet boat, it's literally an hour and a half from when you start to when your tools are put away. Learned to adjust valves, set timing, and mess with the carb by doing it.
Can't see paying somebody to do what I can figure out myself. On cars, oil changes on the deisel because they want $100.00 + to do it, brakes, water pumps etc, no biggie. On the foreign cars a Chilton book helps, it gives you the sequence to remove and reinstall.