Thanks. I’m going back for a sail and motor run Monday. Search so far shows (1) cheapest - buy a shim kit for the gear lever on the tranny ($5!), (2) pull the cone gear out and refinish it or (3) new tranny $$$ - we’ll see and may have been me rushing things this week.
Transmission - Kazaki - is mechanical - the dip stick for the transmission has a top off mark quite near the bottom - always difficult for me to see whether the oil is at the mark or above it - especially with new oil. I couldn’t really tell so I added a bit more. Standing at the binnicle, with the ...
Hello and possible concern here on my Yanmar 3 and kazaki tranny - I’ve noticed that putting the motor in forward gear - I put the gear lever in forward, and sometimes wait for 5-10 sec to hear and feel the gear engaged - what is your experience? Also monday day I was out in sf bay and coming back t...
All good ideas here. I also used boat leather.Com for the F 35 P. 4 yrs ago. Maybe similar price to defender but kit had foam pad too. No issues so far
Yay - looks like I saved a trip to the boatyard thanks to good advise :D A month ago I went up the mast and looked at the Antal track - all looked good. Today I went up and cleaned the track and cars and generously lubed all. Raised and lowered the main a dozen times and all seems good now. I also d...