Trojan Boat Forum

the machine shop used a product called "the right stuff", its an awesome product http://www.permatex.com/products-2/product-categories/gasketing/gasket-makers/permatex-the-right-stuff-gasket-maker-detail naturally it leaks on me! Lol! I like the idea of the spray adhesive to hold the oil m...

I was worried about the packing being too tight after snugging them up prior to launch (before I looked up and read the instructions! ) but figured that I should be good since i was able to get them dripping.

I'm beginning to hate GFO packing! When I got to the boat I loosened the packings until I had 20+ drips a minute in the slip. I then took the boat up the river to the end of the no wake zone (about a mile) and the port shaft was at 120 degrees. It wasnt dripping as much so I loosened it more to abou...

Update: Double checked all plug wires and everything was correct. adjusted the rpms up to 750 idle in neutral and the sound all but went away!!! Of course I now have a slight tranny leak at the flange seal and a oil leak at the intake manifold ! aghhh actually ran the boat up the sassafras river up ...

Wow you weren't kidding about the cleaning and scrubbing! looking Good!

Thanks Rick! Thats actually one of the first ones I read after Mike suggested I google the issue. Thought it was funny that the description of the issue, "The rattle sounds like loose parts and seems to come from the rear of the trans." Was the exact description I would have used. May try ...

I'm hoping raising the rpm up will help some. good to know I'm not the only one with this noise and even better hearing that people have been running with the rattle without issues!
Crossing my fingers!

Thanks! I was nice to see her floating again. Still not sure exactly what wrong ,if anything, with the tranny. Will be checking that I have spark at all 8 cylinders and confirm that the plug wires are run correctly. I also need to raise the engine idle up a bit and hopefully that will help.

Wow, Beautiful scenery and a beautiful boat! glad to see the repower worked out well.

Mike, Im assuming if they were too tight I wouldnt have all the spray. I just did a google search on GFO and saw warnings not to over tighten the packing because once over tightened it almost impossible to loosen the nut and get it to drip without removing the packing and starting over. I did snug t...

Thanks guys, Im trying to keep my bilge as dry as possible which is why I went with the GFO. I know its not supposed to drip when sitting and only slightly when running. unfortunately when I ran her the other day I had the family on and wasnt able to check them out why we were moving. I did test the...

Bob, Ive been thinking about what everyone has been saying about it being the engine either missing or not firing. I had triple checked everything before firing them up in my shop but at the last minute decided to put shrink wrap #'s marking each plug wire 1-8. I could have easily screwed up the wir...

not anymore P-dogg!

The engine "seems" to be running fine. When I set the Timing the timing Mark was smooth and steady. I did find out that I was quite off on the original timing during the original 20 min warm up. Had to turn the distributor almost 1/4 turn to get it set properly. Wonder if I could have foul...

I realize I'm being optimistic thinking a higher rpm will fix that awful sound but it sounds like a lot of people had the same issue.
Who knows, maybe I'll actually get lucky for once! Probably not but there is a slight chance!