kidturbo

Drives and transmissions connected, coolers mounted and plumbed, both engines are primed. Tomorrow we wrap up remaining stuff in the back, like the bilge pumps, then install all the exhaust.

jeff32

TylerBurich

The crimp on the hydraulic hose fitting in the center of the first picture looks questionable to me, we used to experience that from time to time with our old eaton weatherhead machine. If you just had that hose made whoever made it should make you a new one no charge, we haven't had that problem since switching to gates megacrimp. I know you are a detail person and I am in no way picking this image apart but knowing where this boat is going it would bother me not to mention it.

kidturbo

Thanks for the heads up on the fittings. I thought that looked weird..

Those are original hoses that came from FightClub's Sterling engine setup, likely about 10yrs old. We just shortened up one end to fit this build. Being they are just a metered dump line to rear of the trans case, shouldn't see any pressure to speak of. But is strange the guys who crimped on the new ends never mentioned it...

TylerBurich

the fitting is marked with a dot where the die should be positioned, it probably just slipped a little before the die grabbed it when making the crimp, they probably didn't say anything because that little slip is about a $50 mistake

kidturbo

Actually that's one of the original hose ends as came with tranny. My guy shortened it on the other end, and thus could have made an extra $50 if he'd mentioned the issue. Now we need a hose stretcher to save it..

TylerBurich

I've been on the lookout to buy the ever so elusive hose stretcher tool but haven't been able to find one yet ...

Twin O/B Sonic

• How much down angle from trans output shaft to drive input shaft?

kidturbo

Currently about 1/2 to 1 degree offset on Port with drive in highest setting. Just enough to role the U-joints bearings slightly. Stbd side has about 5 deg to the side due to the offset in that gearbox configuration.

Rossman