Re: Transmission question

This is one of those simplistic questions that one must take with a smile: when was the last time you changed the transmission oil? I had some shifting issues when I bought our boat a few months ago. The oil hadn't been changed in several years. While changing it didn't completely resolve my shifting problem, there was a noticeable improvement. I'm still trying to find replacement cables. (I also need to find a new engine kill cable.) Dan Fair winds & calm seas, Dan S/V Sound Discovery "Twenty Years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ........Mark Twain

I'll take that one more step. Last fall I was having severe slippage problems with the POS Hurth mini-mixer behind my 25XPB. Fiver recommended that I change out the fluid, less than 100 hours, for a pure synthetic. I did, and my problems went away. Of course, I still need a real transmission, but I hope to be able to put off the expense for a while. Apparently the synthetic is such a good cleaner that it removes varnish and other bad stuff from the clutches. Raining and overcast in Tacoma, Fred Haas 3-30Nemesis On May 18, 2008, at 7:20 AM, Dan B. wrote: > This is one of those simplistic questions that one must take with a > smile: when was the last time you changed the transmission oil?