New to Diesels and V-drives, I have a new to me, 1978 365 Sloop, with the Westerbeke 40 and Paragon Transmission and the Walter V-Drive. I bought the boat from some folks who only had it for a few weeks, a partnership gone bad, so I was not able to learn much about the boat from the previous owners. So, I'm hoping the board will help me out a little in understanding the boat and it's systems.
I just finished installing a holding tank, a definite requirement around here. It is small, I put it under the Starboard Vee berth, but it will work for the 2 of us and pass the requirement of having one. Now I want to make sure the engine and drive train are in good running order.
I see the model Plate on the Transmission, but it is unreadable, is there another way to tell what model, what was standard on the 1979 model. I saw in Sea Dragon's website in the manual, where the shaft is not suppose to spin when the trans is in neutral, mine does, I'm guessing this also means the prop is spinning, not a good thing. It doesn't seem to increase spinning when the rpm's are increased. Has anyone else experienced this, what is require to repair this.
Also, I want to thank the board for the info about the pencil zincs, checked mine and definitely needed to be replaced.
I'm signed up to take a basic Diesel class at the end of August, I need it, but in the mean time, I was looking over the engine today and I noticed this line hanging down unattached at one end, it looks like it has a fitting on one end and the other is connected to, I not sure what.
I attach some pictures.
Maybe someone can tell me what it is connected to and what the other end should be connected to.
The first picture is the end, with the fitting.
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The second and third picture is where the other end is attached.
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Thanks
Pat
Hi Pat
Welcome to the group.
The hose without an end looks like it might be for a conventional oil pressure gauge, the small switch to the right of the hose is your oil pressure low switch that activates your alarm when the oil pressure is low I think below 15psi.
As for your prop shaft turning are you sure your in neutral.
Ed
SV Moonlight Mile 1977 Ketch
Thanks for the welcome and the reply.
The gear shift lever is a little difficult to find neutral but I tried this a couple of times, and the shaft never stops spinning, and when I have it in neutral, and increase the rpm, it doesn't seem to spin any faster or push the boat.
My concern is that the prop is spinning, maybe not enough to push the boat but enough that I could wrap something in the prop.
Pat
Pat, I think Ed is right about the hose. It obviously is blocked off or oil would be coming out of it. My concern is the tee that it is coming out of and the way it is hanging so far from the block. At some speeds a diesel will develope a resonance and could possibly crack that fitting. You would loose all you oil in a heart beat. Reccomend removing that line and the tee.
S
not that it helps you any, but neutral has become all but impossible to find with my tranny as well. it's a tiny little sweet spot and i usually have to open up the floorboard over the v-drive and see the actual shaft spinning to find it. adjusting the trans isn't all that difficult and i'll probably pop the top and do a little messing around in there once i have her running again.
I also have the WB40 and Paragon transmission in my 1981 P36 Cutter (same hull as the P365). My boat came with a shaft brake to stop the prop from spinning. If it is not working or manually disengaged, my prop does spin in neutral when sailing. I think this is normal, but may be incorrect on this. My transmission works fine.
I agree about the hose. I think it is a good idea, however, to have a manual oil pressure gauge somewhere, if this is possible and safe. Sometimes the electric gauge stops working and it is nice to have a backup. However, I agree that it is critical to make sure the hose to a manual gauge cannot abrade or be punctured.
The Paragon is a geared transmission, therefore,and left in gear with the engine off the propeller should not spin. Typically one would put the transmission in reverse while under sail power alone, but the Paragon does not have a positive reverse, so forward it must be. Our propeller did not spin while in forward.