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1978 fish nautique velvet drive questions Printed From: CorrectCraftFan.com Category: Repairs and Maintenance Forum Name: Boat Maintenance Forum Discription: Discuss maintenance of your Correct Craft URL: http://www.CorrectCraftFan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22037 Printed Date: November-20-2024 at 12:43am Topic: 1978 fish nautique velvet drive questions Posted By: ted50426 Subject: 1978 fish nautique velvet drive questions Date Posted: June-09-2011 at 3:48pm i recently purchased a 1978 fish nautique, rewired everything in the boat rebuilt the steering and fuel system and the boat is awesome. recently i have had some bad transmission leaks. pretty much leaks most of the trans fluid out in about and hour of running. I dont see any leaks on the top or back of the trans. so i assume it is leaking from the front seal (between the motor and the trans) i see that rebuild kits are fairly inexspense. and i have no problem taking it apart and rebuilding it. but i wanted to know which velvet drive it is. are there any markings on the housing i can read? the trans is fairly rusty looking. I hear alot of talk about velvet drive 71c? also how do i figure out the ratio? Thanks Ted ------------- 1978 Fish Nautique 351 300hp Replies: Posted By: 8122pbrainard Date Posted: June-09-2011 at 4:17pm Ted, We've had several threads on the Velvet Drives leaking via the front seal. Here's a recent one: 8122pbrainard wrote: Riley wrote: What should be done on a rebuild? Bruce, The clutch pack is the easy one to replace. Almost anyone can do that and this has been proven by some of our members who have been successful. It's when it comes down to the pump when things get more involved and experience like Eric's comes to play. If ALL pump/housing tolerances are not in spec and a couple O rings inside the pump aren't addressed, that's when problems come up. The pump will by pass oil around to it's front side creating pressure where there souldn't be any and push the seal out and or blow oil past it. We also have a member who's in the business of rebuilding marine trans's. Eric at http://fantasticfinishmarine.net/ - Fantastic Finish Marine is the guy!! Without any name tag, he'll need some pictures to confirm the trans but most likely it's a 1:1. Wecome to CCfan. Speaking of pictures, everyone else would love to see the boat too! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < Posted By: BuffaloBFN Date Posted: June-09-2011 at 6:32pm There's usually a tag right next to the dipstick. It may be painted over or long gone. Eric is the man though; my trans literally is a velvet drive after a visit to the gear spa(Eric's shop). It's probably what you're thinking it is, but check the cooler. ------------- http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2331&sort=&pagenum=12&yrstart=1986&yrend=1990" rel="nofollow - 1988 BFN-sold "It's a Livin' Thing...What a Terrible Thing to Lose" ELO Posted By: eric lavine Date Posted: June-10-2011 at 10:03am I took a re-run back to the dealer yesterday, i believe i sold him 500.00 bucks worth of rebuild parts last summer, worked for a minute, took it apart, found .0045 coupling run out, inner forward cylinder o-ring missing, and both planetary bushings spun from mis-alignment, I just hate taking his money again ------------- "the things you own will start to own you"

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