S & W Diesel

I drove 2500 miles from Canada to do an engine swap on a boat I bought in San Pedro and I needed help! First visit to S&W they took apart a fused exhaust elbow for me while I waited at a fair price. Second visit I needed fasteners for the motor mounts, they really don't sell those fasteners but referred me to the best fastener store I've ever seen. Third visit, I needed 2" exhaust hose, they had stock and were very accommodating when i initially bought the wrong type for my application. Thanks to Scott, Ryan, Carlos and Will for all your help, you all helped to make my trip a success. Dave.

S & W is your place in Southern California for marine Perkins, John Deer, and Yanmar Diesel experts! A friend recommended them last year when I was having issues with my 4.236 on my motorsailer. Now the boat runs great and I purchase all my parts and get great advice in person and or over the phone with my preventative maintenance. Excellent customer service and plenty of knowledge. Thanks again, gentlemen.

These folks are the best! Sailed down from Ventura to Marina Del Rey and lost a seal on the water pump. There were no Yanmar parts in the entire marina. Called them at 8am, and had the pump by ten, delivered to the dock. Jana was super knowledgeable, helpful, and nice. I miss service like this in the modern world. Good on ya S&W!

Called them and the daughter was rude over the phone. I went in to the shop and they were rude and not helpful. Classic wanting me to buy a motor from them when I wasn’t there for that. Not helpful at all. The mechanic world has became so snotty and entitled. Will never do business with this company. Only friendly thing there was the dog Fudge.

I dealt with this company before they turned it over to the son-in-law. That is when the down turn happened. I took my Perkins 4-107 in for rebuild a little over a year ago as I could not afford a new repower. They gave me an estimate of about $ 9000 ended up near $13,000! I accepted that as I understand extra problems arise as they get into it.I trusted they were doing a quality job as they had a good reputation in the past. I got the rebuilt engine and transmission back in the boat and immediately had several leaks in the engine! It was a fight getting the son-in-law, who took over the company, to warranty his work! Immediately after that I had problems getting the transmission to shift! I checked with his mechanic (who we like very much) and he said check transmission fluid. We did and it was low. Why it was low was a mystery as they said they had filled it? Turns out after using the engine it was low again after 10 hours! That brings us to this bad review as again impossible to work with the son-in- law! Will not back up his work! Wanted over $ 2000 BEFORE he would take transmission off and see what was wrong with this newly rebuilt transmission by them!!!! Then he comes up with the excuse that he won't work on it at the mooring although he did before! This is the classic sad story of the demise of a previously good company, when a ill prepared family member takes over! Also Bob who worked upfront quit. Probably due to the takeover! He was so knowledgeable and helpful! Now I am stuck with a leaking transmission $13,000 later! I also noticed just last year another person turned in a Better Business complaint with exactly the same problem! I would look for someone else to work on your diesel as this is not the same company as it was in the past!