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

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.

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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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.

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!

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.

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


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Vankula, what region/area are you in?

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

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

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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).

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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).

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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

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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).

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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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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).

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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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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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I just use needle nose and walk them out.


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