Agreed Bob Silkwoods now the proud owner of an engine & gearbox which should be done together. Its sometimes better to change-out the two than have two seperate incidents of downtime, especially when it can happen at the least oppertune moment!! We are looking forward to taking Silkwood out on the 20th of the month for our first trip with new engine/box.
Dave & Chris --- In [email protected], "Bob Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > rigdent wrote: > > > I know that a bit like asking how long is a piece of string but I > > would be interested to hear why people have fitted new engines to > > their boats and how the job went. > > > > For example if you changed your engine how many hours did it have on > > it. > > > > Was the decision to change brought about by a catastrophic failure, > > other shortcomings or just on the number of hours run ? > > > > Was the engine changeover a simple process and how long did it take > > > > Were there issues with aligning the new engine and matching it to the > > gearbox and prop combination. > > > > Were you able to sell the old engine ? and did you get much for it ? > > > We had Silkwood's engine changed earlier this year. It had done just over > 14,000 hours. > > We exchanged the gear-box at the same time - it was the gearbox that had > suffered the failure and we decided to do the engine at the same time to > reduce the time Silkwood would be unavailable. We paid something short of > £6,000 and it was done in a week. > > There don't seem to have been any problems since. > > > > > -- > Bob >
