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performance334 11-13-2012 09:38 AM

velvet drive rebuild
 
anyone kno where the best place to have a BW velvet drive trans rebuilt in the maryland area???

CC230 11-13-2012 09:59 AM

I rebuilt the one in my Ski Nautique. The best place I found for parts and service was Hale Marine. They are out of Warsaw VA. 1-800-544-3677 ask for Chris.

picklenjim 11-13-2012 11:40 AM

Buy one of these "master" rebuild kits. Then take it to a reputable local transmission shop. They are a quite simple transmission to rebuild especially when compared to a automotive automatic transmission. You start shipping it around plan on $75-100 each way. Just not that much to them. Or get a manual and do it yourself. I wouldn't take it to a marina or boat repair shop. They'll just sub it out to a trans shop.

performance334 11-15-2012 07:50 PM

im running almost 800 hp through them, is there any upgrade or heavy duty rebuild kits??? one make better than the next??

FIXX 11-15-2012 08:36 PM

fixx
 

Originally Posted by performance334 (Post 3815908)
im running almost 800 hp through them, is there any upgrade or heavy duty rebuild kits??? one make better than the next??

give jim a call at federal transmission..he also up dates the pick up tubes and moves it further back in the trans..the older fountains run nose high and the pick up is in the front of the transmission and it will starve for oil..jim was also a BW engineer back in the day..

http://federalmarinetransmissions.com/137012.html

Pwrbt33 11-18-2012 01:23 PM

John down at JAWS Marine rebuilds Velvet drives also. Give him a call and see what he has going on.

Jaws Marine 410 3549 1 0 0

Nykamp 11-18-2012 01:53 PM

It's worth the freight to send it to Steve at certified in grand rapids Michigan. He's been doing transmissions for 30 plus years.


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