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Transmission woes
Coming into Solomans island Maryland yesterday my wife and i began having some transmission problems. when we shifted into forward it would not engage, then after several seconds 10-30 it would. after it engaged it was fine at higher RPMs but back at idle it would frequently disengage..as if it were slipping. I went below and put it in forward manually and had the same results. couple of weeks ago we noticed a strange noise like a knock that would cause rough idling, i did go below to inspect the prop (we have an Autoprop) thinkink maybe we had caught a line or something, it was clean and operating freely. I shifted the transmission into forward (with the engine shut down) went below and disconeccted the shifting cable to make sure the shifting arm on the transmission was traveling the full limit and not just partially engaging..it was. everything is fine in reverse
We moved aboard last July and are currently heading south.
We have a Yanmar 4JH2E with a Kanzaki-KM4A transmission.
I'm really stumped on this one, any advise would be appreciated. or a recommendation on a mechanic.
currently anchored next to Zanhieser's marina, Solomans is
Bill
S/V Wendy Michelle
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