1988 32 Mariner vdrives

In my Mainship I have Walter RV40 V drives then Borg 72C's attached to the motors. The Walter V drives are really built well and heavy duty. They are very heavy. I guess I'm trying to say the 72C and the RV40 V drive are seperate units. I bought 2 new RV40's when I repowered in 2007 I think it was about 8K a side one needed an idler because my 496HO motors didn't come in R/L configuration. You can't run a transmission in reverse all the time it will burn up. (This probably doesn't apply to you).
Bill
 
Well it does have the 71C's in it. And the vdrive is toast. Cost's more to rebuild than replace it. Cost is aprox 4100.00 plus the rebuild of the trans. Tech said v-drive had been rebuilt before(only 320 total hours on it) and done poorly. Gonna ba an expensive summer. Anyone got one lying around? LOL
 
Well it does have the 71C's in it. And the vdrive is toast. Cost's more to rebuild than replace it. Cost is aprox 4100.00 plus the rebuild of the trans. Tech said v-drive had been rebuilt before(only 320 total hours on it) and done poorly. Gonna ba an expensive summer. Anyone got one lying around? LOL
 
Sorry to hear that! That is what happened to me two seasons ago. You are right, not cheap at all. Once the labor costs and such added into things, I was up around 8k total... If you are seriously in need of finding a replacement, have your mechanic give Marysville Marine a call. I am told they are one of the main places with older transmissions and v-drives for Crusaders. Highly recommend, they were fast and did a great job.
 
Marc at Metro Marine, here in portland is recommended by everyone around here. He has the unit now and did the diag on it. Getting a reman from Seattle and the the trans need a planatary unit rebuilt due to stiff bearings. Looks like this unit was boogered up before. Good thing were into this boat so right. I figure 6k is gonna be the price of admission on this trip. Im hoping to be back in the water for memorial day weekend, also it's my B-day, what a presant!
 
Good to hear that you had someone local that has everything. I had to ship mine across the state to have things done which added to the cost of things. Not that it is a good thing to have this done at all, but at least it was early in the season so that you have time to use it this year and slowly "break" it in (I use that very carefully).

Hopefully you get some kind of limited warranty on things. They gave me 90 days on the tranny rebuild and 1 year on the new v-drive. Mine happened at the end of July and was out of the water for all of August up until Labor Day, so I only had about a month to run it. Fortunately they told me that as long as I documented when I had it pulled, they would extend things to the follow season so I got the entire 90 days on the water. That was two seasons ago.
 
When my Walter V Drive failed my boat almost burned up, but honestly it was my fault not theirs - we had hit something early in the season and it knocked the shaft WAY out of alignment. Boat ran so smoothly we never noticed it till the lower bearings fried and it got red hot. Sadly a battery cable was running alongside the bottom of the drive, melted, and well, you know. Thankfully we got the fire out before the boat blew up. And I learned a lot about neglecting this important part of the boats anatomy.

So my question would be, "why'd that thing fail?" Please have someone check shaft alignment, and for any other damage to running gear. It probably didnt just let go unless maintenance was neglected.
 
The reasons it failed are two fold. First, it was low on oil. How long Im not sure. 2nd, it was rebuilt prior and was not put back to spec. The tech who took it apart said the tolerances were way off on everything in it. the thing always made a loud whine when running it over 2k rpm's. I didnt know it should have been quieter. He said that was from the loose fit of everything and it was just a matter of time. When it goes back in, I will for sure check alignment. I have done this before so I know what to look for. It wasnt the bottom bearing to go out, it was on the Idler gear so no indication of mis-alignment.
 
all is good once more! Got it back in yesterday at noon. Limped her back to the dock for final connections and after checking shaft alignment connected up everything and fired her up!
The price was even less than anticipated.
I figured 6k, it was under by 56.00.
The marina charged 9 hrs labor to pull the engine, remove the vdrive/trans, take it to the repair shop, pick it up, re install it, new flex plate, install new fuel filter and cap/rotor, reinstall in boat, new exhust rubber tubes and bolt the engine down. Very reasonable I thought.
the vdrive, reman trans and flex plate was a bit over 5k.
Now for the summer!
 
It sounds like you really like your boat dr young.
Glad to hear you are back in the water.
Bill
 
Yes we do! It fits us very well. No issues this weekend other than the weather, thunder storms and lighting on Saturday over cast the rest of the weekend, but could have been worse!
 
Glad you got it back up and running pretty fast! I don't know if the mechanic said anything, but check your transmission fluids before you go out and make sure they are at a good level. They told me to change my fluid again after 20 hours or so in case there was any bits still inside things. If it looks dark in color or smells burnt, then something is wrong.
 
After initial startup I did check the level and it was right in the middle of the dipstick after i let her cool back down, same as the other trans.
Im confident it's clean as we clean the complete trans and I personally cleaned the oil cooler in my solvet tank that had fresh clean solvent in it. Believe me, I wont be over confident about it and will be checking everytime we go out for awhile!
I made it easier to get in there and check by cutting a 2'x 4' sheet of 3/4" plywood to fit on top of the stringers so I can get down there and lay on it to check the fluids!
 
Ya, those darn dipsticks are tucked back in the compartment. The port is a bit easier to get back to, but the starboard is a pain. Good idea on the plywood. So, curiosity, where do you have your batteries? All the way back in the middle? Mine were moved forward at some point, so square in the middle between the engines. I do not have a generator, so I have more space to move around.
 
LOL, thought i replied to this a long time ago! My batteries are between the main stringers under the stair's. The genset is aft/center under the transom area, It's all open between the genset and the batteries except for the bilge pump and the sea strainer for the fresh water cooling on the genny.
 
My batteries-3-were located under the steps too. I too installed a large piece of plywood across the stringers from behind the battery compartment back to about 2 ft from the transom-didn't have the generator. The platform makes working on the engines, checking fluids soooo much easier.
 
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