Dear Members, I'm new to the list, but have found a lot of beneficial reading belonging to the list. I purchased a 1980 Landfall 38 SL a couple of months ago. "Nina" was in dry dock at Indiantown Marina in Florida for nearly 3 years before I bought her. We launched her 4 weeks ago and motored her down to North Palm Beach pending the availability of our slip further south. The halyards are in desperate need of replacing, which is why we motored the whole way...plus the diesel needed a good running after so long anyhow. The fuel was 3 years old, but had stabilizer. Amazingly, she fired right up and purred like a tiger the whole way... She's a beautiful vessel for sure!!
The PO did a lot of restorations to her one of which was a complete rebuild of the Yanmar 30hp and Vdrive. The Paragon transmission he replaced as well and he happed to find one in Michigan that was still brand new from 1980...believe it our not. I'm having an issue with the Reverse gear engaging and wondering if it's me or the trans. When I carefully shift her into Reverse she does seem to fully engage or stay in gear. I'm getting mixed feedback and hoping that somebody with the same set up can clarify. The shifter is on the wheel column while the throttle is on the side of the cockpit. Should I have to continuously hold the shifter down in reverse to keep it engaged?? Forward works great and there is a positive lock or click once I engage the shifter up into gear. However, once back off on the throttle, move it to neutral, then into reverse, and then giver her juice it doesn't seem to either slow the boat or move into reverse. To make matters worse, I was reading the Paragon instruction sheet that I received from the PO and I attempted to "adjust" it as directed. I made about a 1/2 to 3/4 turn (not torqueing by any means) and it cracked. After several inappropriate words to myself, I was able to contact a local trans shop and they said it must be removed and brought in and completely taken apart in order to replace the part. I happen to have the original trans so I hope I can pull that piece and reuse it...otherwise they said it could take months to get a replacement piece. After a conversation with the PO he sent me the number of the place in Michigan where he bought it. I spoke with them and sent the pics....waiting to hear back from them on advice. In the meantime I wanted to reach out to my fellow C&C owners for advice. I'm very handy and am considering pulling the trans and replacing it myself. Suggestions are welcome! But, I'm still curious as to why the reverse wasn't engaging.... thoughts? Kind regards, Brian Davis ..dead in the water, but at least at a marina in sunny FL.. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
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