Trojan Boat Forum

It looks a lot like our '69. 28' LOA with a teak swim platform off of the back?
Same badge and panels on ours, too.

I can tell you from experience that getting the impellers back into the water pump housing is a lot easier if you use a bit of lithium grease on them! I sprayed mine with the grease then carefully rotated them back in, making sure the small half-moon shaped key stayed in place. (Best to do this at a...

Hi all. I've had some luck removing the bolts along the side of my 318's oil pan in order to replace the gaskets. It's a bit of a contortionist's act to get at them while the motor's in the boat, but it's do-able. I have yet to figure out how the bolts on the back end of the oil pan are removed. I d...

pdm2q, Do you know what kind of pump is on your motor? (We have a '69 Sea Skiff Express with a Sherwood two-pocket style mounted on the front of the engine. Raw water from the bottom of the hull). If your pump is a Sherwood, check out http://www.sherwoodpumps.com Of course, you may have already figu...

Hey pdm2q,

Here's a link to a discussion that may help you out...

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?t=44

It talks about carbon blockages in the intake manifolds.

Hey Tad, Our Trojan was laid up for two years from the time it ran last while we refurbished it. The impellers became 'set' as they were left in the Sherwood water pump all this time. One did crack in a couple of vanes, the other was ok but we're keeping that one as a spare. Brand new impellers will...