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07-16-2015, 07:24 PM
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SEI lower units??
I take GFS out to fish at Sebastian and what happens the very next time I use the boat.....the lower unit takes a crap!!! Hummmmm.........I wonder if he put the old OMC white voodoo on my old clunker black motor?
Anyway, has anyone tried the SEI OEM products?? They are less than half the cost of rebuilding it and about $1,100 less than a new Mercury unit. I don't want to spend $250 to have it looked at and then given an estimate to rebuild when I can just buy the SEI product with a three year warranty at $850, bolt it up and be done. Thoughts?? It's kinda like eating too much rice, my lower unit is locked up! 
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07-16-2015, 08:38 PM
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Can't speak for the outboard lower units, but I know several guys that run I/O's and swear by the upper and lower units by SEI? One who is a Mercruiser mechanic has installed a lot of the SEI units with very good results.Even the warranty on them is better.
He can't even buy the gears for the price that the entire I/O from SEI costs.I hear more good than bad about SEI. I know that if my Mercruiser I/O craps out, I'll be going with an SEI unit
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All this,just for a boat ride
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07-16-2015, 09:14 PM
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At the yard I work for here on the Cape we've installed a lot of SEI lower units/outdrives , for our more "price sensitive" customers.
 They seem well built, and never had a problem with installation. Anecdote 1: Just this week we had an SEI Johnson replacement lower unit blowup on a 22' SeaWolf (Seacraft knockoff) after 8 years of hard use! Not bad for 900 bucks. Slapped another SEI unit on and he was off to the races. Anecdote 2: Last year we ordered an SEI/Merc outdrive for a DIY customer, he took delivery of the drive, then came back a few days later saying the gear oil drain plug was stripped out, and the plug had been threaded in crooked. Highly dubious considering these units show up brand new, freshly painted and beautiful, but I guess plausible. Anyway, SEI swapped it out no extra charge, no questions asked. That kind of customer service is impressive and rare.
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07-17-2015, 09:13 AM
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Genuine Mercury Parts
Donny, If you don't use Genuine Mercury parts your motor will no longer be covered by the warranty - then what will you do????
PS - you might want to try a shot of Apple Pie or a dollup of Pink Panty Drop in that old lower unit first. That thing would probably spool up like a Speedmaster and shift like a Power Glide!
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07-17-2015, 09:23 AM
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Oh NO!!! I never thought about that!
Let me give this idea of spending real American dollars on my 2003 EFI engine, which is just barely out of warranty!! Maybe a new G2 250 HO eTec instead!!!! 
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07-17-2015, 04:16 PM
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I have 268 hours on my SEI lower unit (Yamaha 225 hp) and everything works well. I put it on in 2009 and like it. Good bang for the buck. I recommend them.
Jim
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07-17-2015, 05:58 PM
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Thanks Jim, I'm leaning that way big time. And Moose.......you're killing me, I went out to my money tree in the back yard and that damn thing is dead as a hammer!!!
However I'd buy a Zuke in a minute, I've got a buddy with twin 175s and he gets really, really good mileage!!! Crazy mileage.
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07-17-2015, 07:53 PM
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Quote:
I picked a grey shirt that day. My LU oil looked a tad dark last weekend. Hmm. Smarter older brother hit a rock in the near shore. Asked him why he ran so tight and he said and I quote: I know where all the rocks are. Apparently not. How does anyone know where all the rocks are?
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