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   Once again I rebuilt a Paragon for a guy in which the experienced marina did the install,its insurance work so to date i havnt been paid, anyways the trans is knocking and was told the trans needs to come out and repaired due to the knock and clatter noise per the marinas instructions. so i decided before they pull the trans i would take the 4 hour round trip and check things out. I supplied them with a new damper in which thier 20 year mechanic decided that it looked good and chose not to replace. i put a timing light on the engine because the owner said it was in time, I was at 13 degrees and it should be a at 8, it smoothed the engine right out. I noticed the front inboard mount was cranked up a inch higher than the rest, so i removed the coupling bolts and the coupling easily split. i checked alignment it had .030 on the inboard side and the coupling was touching on the other side, the best is yet to come, the coupling pilot was a 1/8 inch smaller allowing it to slopily pilot  into the trans coupling, in no way could this thing ever have been correct. 

  I'll keep posting when i hear the Marinas reply

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eric lavine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: August-13-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13413	Post Options Post Reply Quote eric lavine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: waisted Saturday Posted: September-24-2007 at 4:02pm
	Once again I rebuilt a Paragon for a guy in which the experienced marina did the install,its insurance work so to date i havnt been paid, anyways the trans is knocking and was told the trans needs to come out and repaired due to the knock and clatter noise per the marinas instructions. so i decided before they pull the trans i would take the 4 hour round trip and check things out. I supplied them with a new damper in which thier 20 year mechanic decided that it looked good and chose not to replace. i put a timing light on the engine because the owner said it was in time, I was at 13 degrees and it should be a at 8, it smoothed the engine right out. I noticed the front inboard mount was cranked up a inch higher than the rest, so i removed the coupling bolts and the coupling easily split. i checked alignment it had .030 on the inboard side and the coupling was touching on the other side, the best is yet to come, the coupling pilot was a 1/8 inch smaller allowing it to slopily pilot into the trans coupling, in no way could this thing ever have been correct. I'll keep posting when i hear the Marinas reply
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Aemmer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: August-05-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 91	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aemmer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September-24-2007 at 10:16pm
	Eric, The transmission looks great, thanks. Can't wait to get it in the boat. Still need to rebuild my carb, get new hoses and that will about do it. I still need one of your cool damper plates. Call me when you get one in. The story above is exactly why I asked you to do the work on my transmission. I don't know anything about transmission work and didn't have any local contacts. I am sure there are good local boat transmission shops around here but which one? After reading many posts in CCF where you gave good clear advise it made me comfortable shipping my transmission across the country to have it fixed at your shop. Yes it was a lot of money (on my budget), but I feel like I got a great deal and have confidence in all the work done. T
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boat dr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-27-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4245	Post Options Post Reply Quote boat dr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September-24-2007 at 10:28pm
	Aemmer, I hope you fair better than me,he charged me 500.00 for a can of paint and it don't match my motor..Will it work ,who knows but it sure is purtty......ROTFLMAO.... Yes my boy you did well by sending it to him,prices are fair, workmanship top notch.Erics rebuld is stronger than OEM. I will do a lot of work in my shop , but trannies ain't one of them.We have an understanding, I won't do trannies, if you don't do outboards...........
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The Dude Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Platinum Member Joined: October-19-2004 Location: Houston Status: Offline Points: 1334	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Dude Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September-25-2007 at 2:22am
	Eric, what percentage of your work is a story like this? It makes me sick. A Paragon!
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8122pbrainard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41045	Post Options Post Reply Quote 8122pbrainard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September-25-2007 at 9:25am
	Eric, The expert trans and engine work that you have run into and mentioned on your above post. Was it one of our CC dealers???
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eric lavine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: August-13-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13413	Post Options Post Reply Quote eric lavine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September-25-2007 at 10:09am
	no its on a 42 Chris Craft roamer, the marinas mechanic was insistant on the trans being the problem so thats why i did a surprise attck on Saturday, the boat owner was convinced there was a trans problem until i went step by step what was happening, the clincher was i unhooked the shaft and the trans ran smooth as pie. I always try to keep the marinas name out of the picture because its always thier 20 year mechanics that cause the problems. as of now i told the customer to order a new shaft and coupling and I'll go back up and start from the beginning.... with pay of coarse
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eric lavine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: August-13-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13413	Post Options Post Reply Quote eric lavine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September-25-2007 at 10:16am
	Dude, I get one or 2 of these a summer, its insurance work so nothing gets missed dollar wise, the insurance company wont issue a check until the job is complete and the customer is satisfied, he has the marina telling him all different things because im sure they havnt been paid also, the whole thing really started because the owner thinks the marina slung the boat wrong on the travel lift and may have set it down on the strut and prop and bent everything
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