v drive antifreeze

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:38 am

aaronbocknek wrote:
prowlersfish wrote:Was Rub goldburg working for Trojan ??
perhaps. some of the things on my tri cabin do not make sense. such as 1. no direct access to the fresh water tank. it's burried under a dresser in the aft stateroom with a board over it. eventually the water fill hose will have to be replaced. i have no clue how that will be accomplished.
2. the holding tank set up.... show me any boat that has a holding tank suspended above the head, in the engine room, over the engine. the hose set up alone is worthy of rub himself.
3. NO ACCESS to the bilge blower motor or the blower motors for the aft or forward head. they are all burried behind panels that i have yet to figure out how to remove.

Isn't boat ownership wonderful?????? And we wouldn't trade it for anything. Solving all this "Stuff" keeps us all young and in love with our Trojans. Also makes us wonder....what were those friggin engineers thinking anyhow?

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:01 pm

Aaron, I know the type of install you're talking about, and yes the vessel should be moving fast enough to push water through the lines as there is no pump. but the only time this comes into play is when you're in gear. Out of gear and idling doesn't matter since the v-drive will not be moving. The remedy to stop wondering whether your pushing enough water through the drive when manuvering slowly is to retrofit to the way most are installed and route the outgoing line from the Walter to the engine and cap off the second seacock for the drive. The engine's raw water pump will draw water through the Walter then into the engine and out. This will allow you to move as slow as you want and insure the Walter stays cool.

In any case, the drain plug is on the same side as the shaft input and about a quarter of the way from the top. If I remember correctly, the plug is starboard of the shaft input.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:22 am

Big D wrote:Aaron, I know the type of install you're talking about, and yes the vessel should be moving fast enough to push water through the lines as there is no pump. but the only time this comes into play is when you're in gear. Out of gear and idling doesn't matter since the v-drive will not be moving. The remedy to stop wondering whether your pushing enough water through the drive when manuvering slowly is to retrofit to the way most are installed and route the outgoing line from the Walter to the engine and cap off the second seacock for the drive. The engine's raw water pump will draw water through the Walter then into the engine and out. This will allow you to move as slow as you want and insure the Walter stays cool.

In any case, the drain plug is on the same side as the shaft input and about a quarter of the way from the top. If I remember correctly, the plug is starboard of the shaft input.

i should have made it clearer. do not operate the transmissions forward or reverse, with v-drives while at the dock and not moving.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:33 am

That makes sense

aweimer · Post by **aweimer** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:28 pm

Because i'm over zellus i disconnect one of the hoses and run -100 through it to be safe.

No issues last year and suppose none this. I have the manual for the VDrive too and it reads.

For protection from freezing on the cardan joint models, remove the pipe plugs on both side of the housing marked "water drain". On CV models remove the bottom plugs on the #48 oil cooler to drain the water.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:13 am

aweimer wrote:Because i'm over zellus i disconnect one of the hoses and run -100 through it to be safe.

No issues last year and suppose none this. I have the manual for the VDrive too and it reads.

For protection from freezing on the cardan joint models, remove the pipe plugs on both side of the housing marked "water drain". On CV models remove the bottom plugs on the #48 oil cooler to drain the water.

I LOVE THIS MANUAL.... i remember reading ours when we got our tri cabin in 1972. and you know what? walter has not changed the way they take care of their customers. once you have a walter v-drive, you are a customer for life even if you are not the original owner. thanks for bringing back some of my childhood aaron....

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