[C38] Questions, questions

[Max Soto]

hey Charles,
I have the 5424 with a HBW100 transmission. I took it out by myself and
bought the whole repair kit for around $275 at www.marinegears.com    It was
the cheapest that I was able to find. They also have great service dept. Ask
for Chris....
After a coulple of years is still working great.

Hope this helps.
Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica


2010/7/8 Charles B. Finn <charles at finn.ws>

> I finally am going to do the right thing and set up separate wiring for my
> 2500 watt inverter.  My plan is to split the existing outlets so the top
> receptacle is for the inverter circuit and the lower is shore power.  I will
> do this simply by running separate wires to the outlets and removing the
> jumper to separate upper outlets.  But I have two questions.
>
> 1.  What type of wire was used on the AC side of our boats?  Are they
> stranded wire?  What gauge?
> 2.  I would like to use the common ground that is already wired in, which
> will save running a third wire.  I don't think this is a problem, but sure
> would like to hear if it is!
>
> On another topic, the forward in my transmission went away three weeks ago
> just before I had to leave for two weeks of business in California.  This
> meant I had to pay folks to remove it and repair it.... something I hate to
> do!   But, I will shortly be able to report on shop times and costs for a
> repair like this!  I also have researched parts costs and even found
> additional manuals on our transmissions, which I will shortly be posting to
> our website.   But for now, I can report that the HBW-5 (50) is another part
> of our boat (like the heat exchanger) that is at the outer design limit for
> our powertrain.....  We should expect to see an increasing number of
> failures and it is forward gear that wears out.
>
> Happy Sailing!
> Chuck Finn
> Mighty Quinn #114
> Great Lakes
>
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