[C320-list] Transmission Problems--Hull numbers 1000 and higher

[Detrick, David (GE Comm Fin)]

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> _____________________________________________ 
> From: 	Detrick, David (GE Comm Fin)  
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:31 PM
> To:	'C320-List at catalina320.com'
> Subject:	Transmission Problems--Hull numbers 1000 and higher
> 
> Regarding the 3YM30 Yanmar Engine and its transmission
> 
> The pin that links the end of the throttle cable to the transmission
> gear shift lever, was frozen. It has always taken more than  little
> pressure to move the shift lever in the cockpit and the cable finally
> snapped. It was bending to accommodate the frozen pin, and broke I
> guess from constant bending at around the same point.
> 
> Have any of you had a frozen pin or still shifting problems on your
> C320's? We had to punch out the pin, and the one purchased (same as
> the one punched out) did not fit the hole and we had to ream it out to
> make it function properly.