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    HURTH transmission troubles

    tranny I do that too and you just buying a bit more time before the final ending Your clutch is worn out, by allowing your shifter to travel further you just going to use what is remaining in your clutch, sorry but it is a matter of time . During that time make some search to find the best...
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    HURTH transmission troubles

    transmission problem Your tranny is gone Sooner or later it wil not engage anymore Solution install a new one a twin disk mg 340 Eric
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    ZF10 versus Twin Disc 340 or 360

    You are right I dont understand why they don't make reliable transmission. Maybe is a question of making more monney that way? Make sure that your damper plate fit very tight on splines of the transmission input shaft that is important Good luck After two sailing season my mg 360 looks ok but...
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    ZF10 versus Twin Disc 340 or 360

    mg 340 Hi Frank, I have a ZF 10 m previously on my diesel boat engine , and that tranny use ATF oil there is a tag that specify ATF on it. But with my new mg 360 to be sure to do the right choice of lubricant I call the service guy who said that I have to use good gear oil SAE 20 or 30 That...
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    ZF10 versus Twin Disc 340 or 360

    transmission What castrol transmission oil are you using can you be more specific Thanks Eric
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    E34 Water tank

    At this present time my tank is remove from the boat. The tank is simply put into the space because is shape is a perfect fit with the V shape of the hull and then two 1x3 plank hold it down The planks are put on top and fill the space between the two bulkheads and placed underneath some 1x2...
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    E34 Water tank

    water tank I think that the E35-3 and the E34 share the same water tank I can send pictures of my E35 water tank with dimensions if you like Eric Decision E35 mkIII
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    tall mast

    Thank you for your answer proud E38 owner, but it is sadly not relevant Eric
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    tall mast

    I want to know if there was some tall rigs build by Ericson for the 35 mk III and what lenght are they. My mast is 51feets 2 inch long, it's a Kenyon spar, it looks like it is the standard tube lenght for these boats, maybe Seth can answer that? Thanks Eric
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    What's the most useful modification you've made....

    sink I made some similar changes too with a sliding door for the trash bin One of my most usefull modification was the table storage bin which is a usefull table leg when you transform the table in a sleeping area the table has no more tendancy to tip over when you are sitting on the edge...
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    Move Engine to Repair Transmission?

    tranny Thank's to everybody , after one hundred hours of use I feel so good with my decision, the tranny is smooth and solid and it is right to say it shift so smootly than it is difficult to shift in neutral without going in reverse because the lack of feeling but it is nothing compare to...
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    E38-200 Shower seat question

    shower seat I found the best fit for accessibility of that place , bomar acces hatch model G7711-wt or 901348 in Defender catalogue I order one and going to install it this week, it fit like glove on my Ericson 35 MKIII Eric
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    Move Engine to Repair Transmission?

    tranny the enigmatic machine After putting two hbw 50 and one hbw 100 and one zf 10m , the two last one fails after 400 hours I have some little experience with those things, first I found that the tolerance on the input shaft on the hurth+zf transmission are well out of the specs just take a...
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    What's the most useful modification you've made....

    Mr. Treilley did you put back the two foot pedal spigots? Fidji
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    What's the most useful modification you've made....

    Mr. Treilley, can you tell me what model or any other information that I need to be able to buy the same sink as you put in your Ericson 35, How deep is that sink? Thank's Eric
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