Thank you for everyone's input. I am going to get a baby medicine dropper today.
--- In [email protected], "sleepbod" <jpke...@...> wrote: > > I got the 1.3 pints from the owners manual pg 41. To check, remove the > dipstick and then insert it but do not screw it in. There is a mark on the > stick where the oil should come to. I use a small funnel and add fluid > slowly, checking the level frequently . > > Joe Keogh > Branwyn, # 5465 > > --- In [email protected], "zyachtsman" <zyachtsman@> wrote: > > > > 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" <jpkeo24@> 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. > > > > > > > > > >
