Bam 1350 gone bad
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2nd run tranny went out while running about 4,500. Reverse still worked but **** down immediately and looked. Fluid in the bilge but can’t see where the heck it came from. Not the oil cooler, hoses or fittings nor the vent tube. Dip stick was grey in color and obviously smelled.
front seal blow out? What a bummer. I probably should have just used my fresh rebuilt c72’s.
front seal blow out? What a bummer. I probably should have just used my fresh rebuilt c72’s.
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Anyone? Bought them from good long standing member here. Thought they were fresh takeouts but can’t remember.
haven’t gotten. Back to boat yet to investigate but still mind boggling where the oil blew out at and what would’ve caused the problem.
haven’t gotten. Back to boat yet to investigate but still mind boggling where the oil blew out at and what would’ve caused the problem.
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With the cooler and such, it will be hard to get the inspection plug out to see. When mine went, I could see the front seal sticking out. It was caused by a failing drive plate.
Gray isn’t good. Probably ate something on the trans. Does a 1350 use carbon fiber clutches? It’s probably those. Interesting that it’s locked in reverse. They usually fail forward. Mine did (72c).
That really sucks btw.
I’m sure Marc from BAM will chime in at some point.
I had fluid puke out of my port trans last time out… will be out today investigating. Hoping I do not run into any issues too.
Gray isn’t good. Probably ate something on the trans. Does a 1350 use carbon fiber clutches? It’s probably those. Interesting that it’s locked in reverse. They usually fail forward. Mine did (72c).
That really sucks btw.
I’m sure Marc from BAM will chime in at some point.
I had fluid puke out of my port trans last time out… will be out today investigating. Hoping I do not run into any issues too.
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Bummer
Is it a plugin ? Could also be the rear seal. What drives do you have?
If you send me the serial number I can tell you when we last saw it.
Is it a plugin ? Could also be the rear seal. What drives do you have?
If you send me the serial number I can tell you when we last saw it.
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9-10 years since it was rebuilt and 4ish since you bought them... Seals are likely long dried out and dead...grey fluid is generally not good (major service/teardown)
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In this hobby I get all of it and always expect the worse and hope for the best. Just the way it is. I’m not playing down bam at all. I just wanted to confirm the history and called Tom.
Now another thing I see is oil coming out my dry pipes on that side when I fired it for PS today to get it to the launch. Didn’t look like type f though but rather engine oil mixed with the water dumps. Wtf. If a trans cooler went bad I shouldn’t have had any in the bilge though. Have more than one issue going on now. Fk.
I did over rev and limiters were at 7k. I was only doing a slash for shake down and not on lake MI so wasn’t a concern at this point.