2021 Moomba Craz impeller (engine not ballast) replacement, quote $710

[vankula]

Ive seen a few posts on this topic. General consensus is that this is easy-ish especially with the right impeller tool.

My dealer quoted me $710 just for the engine impeller. $80 for part and 3 hours of labor at $189 + tax. When I questioned this they said that the newer models have the engine situated so that this task is now very tough and indeed takes 3 hours.

The boat is in storage or I would check myself.

Can anyone confirm/deny? I haven't seen any discussion around this having any truth, but please weigh in if you can.

[Schlanseay]

I’m not mechanical at all and it was cake. Took me 30 minutes my first time. Once you do it once you will never pay to have it done again. I do have an impeller puller that really helped.


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[Holdmybeer]

The impeller is $30.
Impeller tool is $50.

Takes 45 minutes from start to finish including the celebration beer and washing your hands.
For $710 I'll fly to you and do it! That is robbery pricing.

[Buckeye]

I have the '21 Craz and have done this several times. It is not hard. Maybe 20 min. I actually changed one out on the water, without the impeller tool. $700 is robbery!

[MJHSupra]

For that price with labor, I would think they quoted all impellers - engine and ballast.

Yes - relatively easy, but a dealer has a set number of hours per job - like going to the car shop and paying for a quoted number of labor hours.
Should be lots of videos online if you try it yourself - YouTube.

Same with oil changes - easy to do, but the dealer has a set number of hours plus shop fees in their quotes.

[j.mo]

Man, that is wild. I did mine on my indmar 6.0 today in about 15min lol.


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[HFarr]

Vankula, what region/area are you in?

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[996scott]

It took about 30-40 min on my 21 Craz. It's a bit of a pain but doable for sure. $700 is insane!

[MJHSupra]

Maybe the three hours breaks down to:

1 hour of staring at it and hoping it comes out

1 hour of removing and installing

1 hour of gazing at a finished product and feeling proud.


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[HFarr]

That third one is the best part of any do-it yourself job!

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[Zog]

Can someone provide the part number for the impeller and a recommended puller? I want to do that myself this year, since I am done paying $250 for my dealer to do it (still less than $700).

[Holdmybeer]

Can someone provide the part number for the impeller and a recommended puller? I want to do that myself this year, since I am done paying $250 for my dealer to do it (still less than $700).

Puller:
Deargooday 660040-1 Impeller Puller Removal for Impellers 2-1/4" to 2-9/16", for Jabsco Pump 50070-0040 & 50070-0200 https://a.co/d/46l7MIP

Impeller:
Johnson Pump - 3001.3621 09-812B-1 F6 Impeller - MC97 https://a.co/d/76MhRzQ

[MJHSupra]

Can someone provide the part number for the impeller and a recommended puller? I want to do that myself this year, since I am done paying $250 for my dealer to do it (still less than $700).

I do not recommend buying an impeller from Amazon. Try to stick with a brand name like a Johnson or one of the other bigger names.

The part is 09-812B-1

Some sell the kits with the gaskets and lubes. Other kits will just have the impeller.

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[MJHSupra]

Can someone provide the part number for the impeller and a recommended puller? I want to do that myself this year, since I am done paying $250 for my dealer to do it (still less than $700).

As for the puller, I got a Sea-Dog brand from Wakemakers when I ordered supplies on Black Friday years ago.

There are other places online too: Bakes, Amazon, etc.

Not sure I’ve read about “do not buy the XYZ brand”.

Make sure the puller works on impeller sizes of 2-1/4" inches to 2-9/16" inches. They make different sizes, larger than this.

Sometimes they will state fits 812B impellers.


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[j.mo]

I don’t use a puller. I saw a tutorial on YouTube, the old guy bumps the engine over a time or 2, without start, just bump. Impeller spins, lubricates itself with water, and also backs it out a tad. This is with the impeller cover off. Easy able to grab and pull right out with a nudge of a flat head on each side. No fussing with a puller, nothing.


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[larry_arizona]

I just use needle nose and walk them out.


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