I am just starting the process of making a claim for haul damage to my '04 Triton haul and '05 200 EFI Mercury lower unit & prop. My first question is that I have learned from a couple shops I spoke to that if gear case is too damaged Progressive will only put an after market lower unit on it from Florida and although it will have a three year warrenty I will have to send it back to Florida(at my cost) to have any work done on it. If I demand new "Mercury" parts to be installed, weither just a few parts or an entire lower unit, will they have to honor it?
My other concern is with the gel coat damage to underside. Again, after talking to a fiberglass shop said that Progressive is the worst to deal with and that they might have only very smal sections repaired and not the whole under side even though most of the under side is scratched/gauged up. The bottom strakes on eitherside are missing gel coat down to black matting in two or three places about 6"-8" inches long. If they do only make that type statement and I demand the under side bone colored haul needs to be repaired and match throu out will they have to honor it?
One last thing, do I have to worry about the B.S. of them making a statment of wear and tear even though it is obviuos the underside needs to be repaired. Just preparing myself for the crap insurance companies like to pull! So far, I am happy that I was told I do not have a deductable becuase of how long I have had my policy claim free! Thank you for any help/suggestions ahead of time.