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Silver15
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Gordon, we stuck some white copy paper down there hoping to locate where it is leaking from. We ran it under load, but no faster than about 20kts. We saw no leaks. It's the weirdest thing. Then again, when the issue began to arise, we were at skiing speeds. Are there any common problems associated with these symptoms?
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Gary S
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Hey Jake remember my post in the begining of this thread??? I know you have a different trans but due to the conditions that yours and mine were kept in I'll bet the end results were the same,alot of oil in the boat!. The input shaft of the trans rusted and when running tore up the seal.Mine had pitting too so I used a Speedi Sleeve to fix it. So pull your trans and take a look. |
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Silver15
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Gary, I did notice your post from earlier and considered it. It definitely sounds like it could potentially be the culprit. The '86 I had came out of the same type of situation and needed a front end seal after a few weeks too. Go figure. I bet you're right on with that one. How difficult was it to change the seal? Never done it myself. The dampner should probably be replaced while it's apart, also. Well, crap. I wanted to ski some more this summer.
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Gary S
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Not hard at all,the hardest is installing the speedi sleeve if needed and of course pulling it out.Napa has the sleeves
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Silver15
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Good to hear. Napa is right around the corner. I am anticipating the tranny removal to be lots of fun as it was on the barracuda. Confused, went down again today to check and see where it was leaking from, and still no obvious signs of leakage anywhere!
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Dreaming
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mine was leaking from the shift lever... pretty quick O ring replacement if I remember correctly. you might check there also :)
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Silver15
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Checked with copy paper again before going out and found fresh drips on the bottom of the tranny underneath the interface between the engine and tranny. Must be that front seal on the input shaft. Dreaming, thanks, and I did be sure to check that; anything not to pull the tranny lol. Seems fine. I'm very tempted to lay out some bildge diapers under the tranny, keep it topped off, and let it slide until the end of season and mess with it this winter. Anybody think this could damage the tranny? I am aware, this is majorly shadetree.
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8122pbrainard
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Jake,
The leak will not hurt the trans as long as you keep it topped off. If it is the input shaft seal, understand that there may be other internal problems with the trans. |
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Silver15
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What internal problems would you anticipate? I'm a little new to the transmission interworkings.
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8122pbrainard
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Worn pump clearances allowing oil to bypass the normal O ring seal. Since you are "new to transmission inter workings". I highly suggest you do not undertake a rebuild yourself. |
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Silver15
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Don't worry, Pete. I definitely wasn't about to try. (Although, I guess I need to learn at some point). I think I can manage the seal, though, hopefully.
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