Hi, As a confirmation of the tranny fluid amount.... The Attached JPEG file is from the HURTH Owner's Manual.. It shows the Amount and the "Full" Ring mark on the Dip Stick.. For the HBW-50 it shows a recommended 0.31 liters.. that's about 10.5 Oz U.S. The manual also advises NOT to Over Fill !
If I may, I would advise you pick up a small squeeze bulb "eye dropper" Drug stores carry ..BABY Medicine droppers that work well.. Then you can add ATF in small amounts..or Remove small amounts in order to reach the "Ring" mark indicating FULL. (I also use the Baby medicine dropper to drop measured amounts of BioFlor to my diesel fuel_) Regards, Ralph Ahseln "Oblio" Gresham OR ----- Original Message ----- From: zyachtsman To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:48 PM Subject: [IC27A] Re: Transmission Question I am also a new owner of a 1987 C27 with a Universal M-18 with the Hurth HBW-50 tranny, according to the service link Bill provided. The service link provides AT fluid quantity information, and for this tranny, it list .29 quarts. I calculate that at 9.28 ounces. The amount in the reply from sleepbod suggests 1.3 pints, which equates to 20.8 ounces. This is too large a difference to ignore. Is there any reason to doubt the manual? Is my math wrong? More information would be appreciated. I plan on changing the AT fluid this weekend, so I have not yet done the dipstick test as most of you have. How much fluid goes in there???? -- In [email protected], "sleepbod" <jpke...@...> wrote: > > I have the same engine in my 1984 C-27 and the transmission holds 1.3 pints of ATF. If it was just different colors than probably someone put regular oil in. If you kept it you could see what settles out. > I would suggest you check it during the season to make sure that it is OK. > > Joe Keogh > Branwyn, #5465 > > > --- In [email protected], Bill Pellegrino <william_pellegrino@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > > > I'm in the middle of my first spring tune-up on my 1984 C-27 (Aquadesiac) and naturally I have a question. My engine is a Universal M-18 Diesel with a Hurth transmission. (SEE ENCLOSED SERVICE LINK) > > > > http://www.marinedieseldirect.com/universal/200157/universal-owners-hurth-transmission.html > > > > > > > > When I drained the transmission I removed under a quart of a soupy, grayish-pink oil that simply didn't look right to me. This is my first season with the boat and I'm sure it's possible that the last owner could have mixed different oils in the trans, or do you think it's possible that water got into the trans? I've checked the trans and everything moves smoothly and shifts fine, so I replaced the soup with Dextron ATF fluid. > > > > > > > > > > My questions are; does that sound right to you? > > Should I have done anything else? > > I'm an old time mechanic and the oil in a auto's manual trans is a lot thicker then ATF fluid, is ATF fluid the right stuff to be using? > > > > Any advise would be great. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bill Pellegrino _/) > > SV Aquadesiac #5705 > > Port Edgewood, RI > > http://baysailorbill.spaces.live.com/ > > > > > > > > "It is as hard to describe the fascination of the sea as to explain the beauty of a woman, > > > > for, to each man, either it is self-evident, or no argument can help him see it." > > > > Claud Worth 1926 > > Yacht Cruising, 3rd ed. > > >
