PCM power plus V drive service/ Boat delivered!!!

Brand new boat
Literature from PCM call MobileTrans SHC50 for this.

Boat came empty from factory, the guy told the importer to use "regular transmision oil) Pulled the dipstick close to the engine, Dexron was there before shipping.

Are there still 2 separates units? an inline and a V unit?
Maybe Dexron for the inline and SHC for the V?
I couldnt visualize a dipstick for the V unit if there's any.

I'm getting stepped over as they want to start the boat and I dont want to be pulling a brand new engine for some cheap oil confusion.

anybody?

Eric, thanks for answering again.

Today I inspected closely, the unit is the new PCM vdrive, it's a 1:1 unit using dexron and attached goes the V unit, very similar to the indmars ski vee, but this one has the coupler on the front of the unit instead of below.
This V unit uses the mobiltrans SHC fluid, which by literature should never be changed unless contaminated. My worry was that we were told the boat was shipped empty of fluids.

It has 2 tiny square plugs, one on each side, (I used the spline side on a metric 12) to soft them up.

As I found the Vdrive was marking full, we sent the brand new baby into the water for the maiden voyage. I'll have some pics soon.

Talking about literature, did you read any users manual lately? it calls for oil changes every 50 hours or 120 days, impeller changes at 50 hours... is that a sign of a slow economy? or trying to sell parts to these neurotic new boat owners? maybe both?

Yeah I made the guy bring 15 gallons of fuel, 2 touches on the start button and roll on!!!

I really like the look on the new owner faces when I hammer WOT on their new toys.

Beautiful. Gotta' wipe this drool off my chin now...

You are going to put a prop on there, right? :)

Nice boat. Congratulations.

Yes, I would imagine going WOT without a prop would be quite interesting! Nice rig... and nice that you can still get on the water in the winter time!

Just to clarify, I do not own the boat, just got to work on it for the guys importing them, we are working on the Nautique and Monterey brands now. If things go right these people will get the dealership for Argentina and I could be working for them on the service department.

Eric, I own you a call to update you, but so far things are going well, I keep learning from grand master Yoda and keep taking work.
I have invested on tools (U$D650) and have most I need but the "special" tools for sterndrives, which, we do have at the shop.
I'm considering getting the Diacom software to work on the newer EFI, what do you think?

Dont worry, It's not my plan to end as a dealership mechanic!



Still, what worries me is the mind of nowadays boat consumers... this people dumping high dollars on "high end" boat and acting like indulging kids.

start the learning curve and bust into some transmissions, if you build them, they will come.....and pay

seeing more and more plug ins nowadays, its time I guess
its a good thing that Merc uses only a couple different engines and plugging them in should be easier than the 40 different cars out there, you have to know the values and need to be pretty sharp.

im guessing on this one, and really shouldnt, the temp switch was 14.00 and the iac is about 80.00 will see what happens, if it doesnt clear I'll go after the MAP
the boat is dumping raw fuel, so i know its over fueling

fuel can? pressure regulator?

I just finished a transom job install on a small cabin cruiser with a ford inline 6 (pretty popular engine here, 221cid 133hp) and a volvo outdrive.

Now I'm putting together another of those engines (Special Performance version, 166hp) with a new cam since the old one wiped a lobe after 1 hour. It was like hearing COMANDO over the carb. Hope the new cam and valve job and springs take care of the bangs.
It was a whole mess done by the "race car specialists"

make sure those lifters are spinning freely, had one on 460 that was dragging a touch and sure as *************** it took the bump out of that cam

MPI, yep problem solved, after all done and said, i had to do an oil change to because of the gas in the crank case, it was definitely loaded up and will probably need a few good hard runs to clear it out, did the plugs also
40 year olds need lovin too

pretty sure it will, only need to supply a few pounds, anything more than 8 or so pounds will squirt fuel into the throat...i use them when i get the new style engines with the fuel pump boss blocked

If you have the opportunity to purchase the Rinda diagnostic package and want to continue to work on these modern ski boats it is only in your best interest as it will pay for itself in a short period of time. So far this week I scanned a 35 Lures twin, a MasterCraft and a Malibu at $50 a pop. I have had the Rinda software for over 5 years now. Can scan Indmar, PCM,Marine power,Crusader and Mercruiser.
Go for it!