My boat is at a boat place in Delaware and they are checking some things for me. Hopefully next year when I am living in Delaware I will be doing all normal maintenance and winterizing.
Asked them to drain and fill the outdrive gear oil. Not a big deal but both props need to come off. They found metal shaving in the gear oil. I said OK pull the drive and find the cause. Now they say the outdrive is stuck and they cannot pull it off the boat. They are trying some things before they have to do something major like cutting the driveshaft with a saw.
And the price of a VolvoPenta DuoProp drive is mega-bucks compared to a Merc Alpha One.
Better to deal with it now than in the summer. The outdrive being stuck is not going to fix itself.
Asked them to drain and fill the outdrive gear oil. Not a big deal but both props need to come off. They found metal shaving in the gear oil. I said OK pull the drive and find the cause. Now they say the outdrive is stuck and they cannot pull it off the boat. They are trying some things before they have to do something major like cutting the driveshaft with a saw.
And the price of a VolvoPenta DuoProp drive is mega-bucks compared to a Merc Alpha One.
Better to deal with it now than in the summer. The outdrive being stuck is not going to fix itself.