new cylinder heads for a 6v92ti?

I have fired the mechanic. He is going to finish only what I hired him to do in the first place now, which was to change the transmission seal, clutch, and a new turbo. He is saying the whole engine needs to be cleaned and he said that he would not use rebuilt heads and I was not to tell him what parts he could or could not use. Since I am the one paying, I said I could specify the parts and was not going to pay $6000 more for new heads, when I could not even find where they build new heads online for sale, besides it being an old engine anyway. The engine is apart right now with the transmission lifted out and in the salon. I really hope he does what he is suppose to correctly since he is to leave everything else alone now, as I am going to hire someone else to take care of the cylinder heads and other turbo and what ever else needs to be done on it at this point. The conversation was not pleasant needless to say.

I am trying to find another mechanic right away and am going to try and get down there right away too.

I am going to take it to Cracker Boy in Ft. Pierce to get it hauled out and the bottom done. I plan on having the rest of everything done while I am there on the hard including the fuel tanks cleaned out.

I have been really frustrated as I have had 4 different things done and paid a lot for them and yet finding out that they were not done (electrical, bilge pumps, etc).

I still only hope that I can get everything done, even if I have to bring her up not fully complete and get her here by May 1st. I am just going to try to get the engine fixed now and if need be only use ice chest etc. for the trip up, as the generator does not work either. I will need to hopefully make the trip within the 2 week time frame as planned from start to finish.

I have a question, can someone change the cylinder heads without it being lifted up. Right now the engine is lifted up but the mechanic I fired is suppose to put the engine back together except for the cylinder heads. Can those be changed without a lift up or am I going to have to have someone do all of that again and be charged thousands once more for it?

I have hired 2 different people to oversee it, one ended up not doing anything or getting people there for a month. I hired someone else 2 weeks ago who ended up charging me $406 for a couple of hours on the boat to "see what is happening and handle the important things." We had an agreement of $150 per day, yet he ended up adding on all types of expenses including his lunch so the couple of hours of his time was billed to me for the $406.

So I have tried hiring people. Now, I have hired someone else who I sincerely hope will get things handled who is down there.

Believe me, I understand someone needs to be hired locally and have tried doing that and it has been people highly recommended by others. Yet it seems they are taking advantage of the situation also.

From my experience so far... it seems, yes a few people have taken advantage of the situation. And when I hire someone and we work out a price then I don't expect a lot of other expenses being added on that were not disclosed in the beginning as being part of the price. I don't know about you, but once someone gives me a price of something and there is an agreement, that is what I expect the price to be. I don't take kindly to that price being more than double than what was agreed upon in the first place.


Thank you for your good luck, I am now hopeful that things will start getting done and everything worked out on a fair basis for all.

Yep, via email.