My friend is sailing his 1980's Dufour 34 back to the states from Trinidad. The
boat was put up on the hard in great shape, 2 1/2 years ago. After fixing some
misc. problems and running the engine and checking fluids, he departed toward
theBVI's
He sailed for some time with the transmission in nuetral. He then put it in
gear to stop it from turning. He found some oil in in bilge a dripping from the
rear of the transmission and has the following symptoms. The engine and
trasmission work fine, or so it appears, in forward and reverse. Finding
nutreal is very touchy and hard to find. When in nuetreal the engine will not
rev up using the throttle.
It is a vovlo penta MD2B 18 hp engine and has gear reduction and uses motor oil
in the transmission. That is all the info I have. Some may be wrong but the
symptoms are what he has. He says that the leaking of fluid has stopped and
that the dip stick shows the correct amount. Any ideas on what to do? He is in
Tortola and still a long way from Fla.