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454's with hurth trans

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:51 pm
by mikeandanne
Have any of you guys with that setup had trouble with leaks around the cooler line fittings on the tranny itself....thanks Mike

Re: 454's with hurth trans

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:05 pm
by prowlersfish
I have not seen any issues , not too many here using Hurth gears . What model Hurth ?

Re: 454's with hurth trans

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:34 pm
by Big D
Had that a few times. Mostly a simple matter of tightening a bit. On two occasions they were cracked fittings likely from over tightening. One was caught too late and took out the pump, another took out the tranny.

Re: 454's with hurth trans

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:43 am
by mikeandanne
Thanks guys.......something that I noticed on a few boats we looked at and I wondered if it was a common issue with these trans.....Mike

Heh BigD were they just the black painted ones ??