Re: Stus-List Transmission oil redux

2012-09-10 Thread dwight veinot
lf Of Ronald B. Frerker Sent: September 10, 2012 11:43 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Transmission oil redux How often are we supposed to change tranny oil? In days of yore, with a car, we never changed. Of course now the new cars are suggesting every 40kmi. My '91 Camry

Re: Stus-List Transmission oil redux

2012-09-10 Thread Pat Nevitt
My '91 Camry had no requirement for that. > Ron > Wild Cheri > C&C 30 > > > --- On *Sat, 9/8/12, Brent Driedger * wrote: > > > From: Brent Driedger > Subject: Re: Stus-List Transmission oil redux > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Date: Saturday, Sep

Re: Stus-List Transmission oil redux

2012-09-10 Thread Ronald B. Frerker
Re: Stus-List Transmission oil redux To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 8:37 PM That sounds like my scenario this last spring as I skipped the oil change last year (the engine had less than 10 hours) and I found the gearbox oil look fresh. I with the engine would do

Re: Stus-List Transmission oil redux

2012-09-08 Thread Brent Driedger
That sounds like my scenario this last spring as I skipped the oil change last year (the engine had less than 10 hours) and I found the gearbox oil look fresh. I with the engine would do that too. Brent Driedger s/v Wild Rover C&C 27-V On 2012-09-08, at 6:13 PM, Pat Nevitt wrote: > Thanks a

Stus-List Transmission oil redux

2012-09-08 Thread Pat Nevitt
Thanks all for the advice. I was feeling bad that I had not changed the transmission oil in about 20 months. I went to the boat today to do a number of things including that. The unit I have is marked that it takes .25L. That isn't much. I pulled the plug and dipstick out and my heart sunk as

Re: Stus-List Transmission oil

2012-09-07 Thread Martin DeYoung
riday, September 07, 2012 11:50 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Transmission oil Is it necessary to use a marine grade oil in the transmission of a Yanmar? For the engine I always use the marine grade stuff, but it seems to me that the manual isn't specific regarding the t

Re: Stus-List Transmission oil

2012-09-07 Thread Frederick G Street
I've always just used a good grade of straight 30W oil, per the manual; but my transmission's a Paragon, not Yanmar. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Sep 7, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Pat Nevitt wrote: > Yep, I have seen this and the e

Re: Stus-List Transmission oil

2012-09-07 Thread Pat Nevitt
Yep, I have seen this and the engine manual shows the same thing; it doesn't take much. I have changed it before and used regular engine oil from the auto parts store because that is what the previous owner marked in his maintenance log, but I wanted to make sure. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:58 PM,

Re: Stus-List Transmission oil

2012-09-07 Thread Joel Aronson
Pat, For viscosity of oil: http://www.yanmarhelp.com/i_box2.htm Is there a difference between marine grade and auto grade (besides price?) Its scary how little oil is in there! FWIW warming it up makes sense to me too. Joel On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Pat Nevitt wrote: > Is it necessar

Stus-List Transmission oil

2012-09-07 Thread Pat Nevitt
Is it necessary to use a marine grade oil in the transmission of a Yanmar? For the engine I always use the marine grade stuff, but it seems to me that the manual isn't specific regarding the transmission. Should you run the engine and put the transmission in gear for 15 minutes or so to warm the o