Recent content by s/v First Light

My ‘87 E32-III’s HIN is ERY32707F687. Is my hull number therefore 707? Boat’s name is FIRST LIGHT, it is berthed at Northwest Marine Yacht Basin, Charlevoix, MI

Suggest you try Type F ATF first. Totally resolved Hurth slippage on my E32/3. F had a higher friction modulus.

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I began having the exact same Hurth transmission slippage problem on my 1987 Ericson 32 Mark III two seasons ago. I drained the old transmission fluid COMPLETELY with a small stiff plastic tube and a hand vacuum pump and then installed higher friction modulus Type F automatic transmission fluid...

Was your Hurth 50 slipping before you changed to the 30wt and then had the slipping cured by the 30wt or did you change in order to have lubricant available wherever you might go?

The Hurth 50 transmission disc clutch on my 1987 Ericson 32 Mark 3 with Universal M25 auxiliary had recently begun slipping. Even though I have been using the Hurth recommended Type A automatic transmission fluid, somewhere in a boating blog post I read that Type F automatic transmission fluid...