It will get better maybe.
I had to drive 7 hrs today because the yard couldn't get the prop off my
boat, even though I had given them a puller specifically made for the prop.
7 hrs driving, 5 min. Pulling prop, and they get paid to
work on boats?
The real unbelievable advantage you have is he knows what he is doing and is doing it himself, you would not believe what passes for mechanics out there.
Compound the hard to find parts, with a bonehead
mechanic breaking stuff trying to make them fit, putting
head gaskets on upside down, causing the head to warp etc.