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From: Richard Goodwin (no email)
Date: Wed Apr 13 2005 - 14:44:05 EDT
OK, so if it isn't hydraulic, there should be a big
lever on the side of the trans that connects to the
cable from the cockpit shift lever. Yes?
Try pulling on that lever on the side of the
transmission while it is slipping, and see if it
tightens up and starts working. If so it could just
be a cable adjustment.
Failing that, there is likely an adjustment inside the
transmission itself -- need to remove the top cover to
get at it. Also need a service manual for it.
If you have verified that the fluid is up to level,
then there really isn't much more I can think of to
suggest without your finding out the make and model of
transmission, and getting a service manual.
There should be a metal tag somewhere on the side of
the transmission that contains the make, model,
serial, etc.
This isn't a V-drive, is it?
Dick
--- John & Margie <> wrote:
> This is not a hydraulic transmission. The engine is
> a volvo diesel, md17,
> but i do not know the make of the transmission. The
> boat was manufactured in
> Sweden. And all the parts are metric.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Goodwin" <>
> To: "John & Margie" <>;
> "live-aboard"
> <>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:59 PM
> Subject: Re: lv-ab: Transmission Trouble??
>
>
> > Is this a hydraulic transmission or a manual
> > transmission? Another way to ask that is, is it a
> big
> > fat cable (1/2" or more) that moves a big lever
> > several inches long, or is it a thin cable (1/4"
> or
> > so) that moves a little lever maybe an inch long?
> >
> > If it's the purely mechanical variety, then I'd
> > suspect that the cable is out of adjustment. Or
> that
> > something is loose in the lever/cable/shift chain
> that
> > causes the adjustment to change. Watching the
> > transmission shift arm (other end of the cable)
> itself
> > while someone shifts it might help show you what's
> > happening. And if someone shifts it into forward
> and
> > it doesn't go, then you can always grab the shift
> arm
> > and pull on it to see if it goes further and
> engages
> > forward gear. That would indicate a cable
> adjustment
> > problem or looseness in the cable area.
> >
> > But it could also be an adjustment in the
> transmission
> > itself. Mine is mechanical, and has an adjustment
> > inside that makes it grab more or less when you
> put it
> > into forward.
> >
> > If you hold the shift lever in forward, then does
> it
> > engage ok? And does it stop going forward when
> you
> > let the lever go? Or does it just fail to go
> forward
> > sometimes now matter how hard you push the lever
> into
> > forward?
> >
> > If it is a hydraulic shifter, then there are many
> more
> > parts inside that could be responsible for it not
> > always shifting into forward, or not always
> staying
> > there. Have to take it apart and look at seals,
> etc.
> >
> >
> > Be sure to check that oil levels are all where
> they
> > should be.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >> What is your
> >> opinion, cable problem or transmission problem?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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