Just went through the same problem this year (it started last fall)> It turned
out to be the 2 clamps on the line from the racor to the engine had loosened up
a bit and the line was slowly leaking. There wasn't enough room to see that
area very well so I bought a good size mirror to inspect the
Thanks Jim, Chuck, very helpful. Patrick
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I stand corrected.
However, Forespar has this to say about their own brand, Marelube:
MareLube Valve™ has been refined by Forespar to suit the needs of boaters
for the lubrication of marine valves and seacocks of any material, metal or
composite. Very importantly, MareLube is not petroleum based
David,
The easiest way to tell if it's the cable or lubrication is to have someone
down below and physically push/pull the lever on the engine into forward,
neutral and reverse. If the engine reacts quickly, you can be pleased to know
your transmission is fine and you just have a cabling issue.
Best way to find out is to disconnect the cable at the transmission. The lever
on the transmission should move easily and have a detention position in
neutral. That will determine if the problem is your tx, your cable or perhaps
the shifter at the binnacle. Follow your nose!
Rich Knowles
Indigo
Hi David,Check the shifter lever at the transmission and make sure fuel lines or hoses aren't blocking the throw. Check the fluid level while you're there. I once changed the fuel filters on my M4-30 and had one fuel line from the water separator got pushed behind the transmission shifter lever an
I had trouble starting my Universal M-430 yesterday and eventually realized that it was having trouble turning over the engine because it was actually in gear when I thought it was in neutral (plus my batteries were weak after sitting for 3 weeks). This is the second time this has happened, and it
Steve Sharkey,Are you still at NEB?HarryMIRAGEOn Jun 12, 2013, at 03:27 PM, Steve Sharkey wrote:No problem. The last boat in our class that actually finished didn't get in until early today and had previously been shown as a DNF. A pretty high mortality rate in this race with a lot a gear failur
