Soliciting opinions as to preferred brand(s) of transmission fluid to use in an Allison (behind a 8v71T).

Today's frustration was the water pump on the ONAN 7.5. New impeller, new gasket, seacock open, manually primed with a hose and no water out the discharge side. No obstructions up or down stream. Belt properly tensioned. WTF :confused: I took the whole pump home, poured a martini and hope...

I am new to the San Diego area and I am looking for a reputable boatyard for bottom paint, rebedding windows, and pehaps some interior renovation. Anyone here have any recommendations? My 53C is at Harbor Island West Marina.

I'm looking to spruce up my interior. Wondering what to use to clean and wipe down all the wood in my interior.. The mojor refit for my interior will be done in a year or two... like i said just looking to get by for now. thanks for any input.

Looking for peoples opinions / experiences here.... So, currently my boat is in a slip at a marina (Newport Marina in Jersey City). There is a sea wall at the marina which is supposed to reduce the waves. The marina is located on the Hudson River where from 6am to 10pm there is ALOT of Ferry...

A local DD dealer recommended the O-ring sealed fuel pipes to replace the flared tube design fuel pipes. Is this a DY project. Do you have to do a comlete engine tune-up after installing new pipes? Any other thoughts. Thank you in advance.

Passages got splashed today :) but found a problem on the raw water side of my port 6-71. :mad: The little spigot valve for draining raw water from the exit flange of the expansion tank (follow that?) is blowing water. I suspect when I boiled out my raw water system this winter, I unwittingly...

In response to the Ethanol/FRP compatibility situation, I spent some time measuring the dimensions of the fuel tanks in my 38’ DCMY as a first step in replacing them later. They are under the single beds in the aft cabin, and not particularly accessible to measure except through a small port. -...

Hello, recently I took my hatt out for maiden voyage for the season. Boat has 2 x VT-8 370's w/ forward & aft tank and a fuel polishing system. It ran perfectly the whole trip...about 1 1/2 hours but when I pulled into marina I noticed fuel trickling out of breather to aft fuel tank. I shut...

Yesterday I was talking to a marina mechanic who was working on a 2Year old boat He was installing a fuel polishing system at the owner's request - total price $3000. He was also bemoaning the fact that he can't get some service info and parts he needs on the 2-year old electronically-controlled...