jaxx 30

Feel free to stop by on your way north and spread some o' dat boat magic in Bakersfield while you are at it.........

Westcoast

coolhand502

you guys are making me jones for a boat with twins and a bit longer 30-33 feet. keep up the awesome work i enjoy watching ya'lls boats come together

jaxx 30

Yes, yes our boats are long

Westcoast

How close are you to being able to sea trial your boat?

jaxx 30

I think by next month I will be ready. I just got the drives going up and down like they should. I replaced both trim pumps and a few trim rams. Quick question.....what gear oil are you using in your outdrives? I'm going through just about everything before I hit the lake. I have pics now but they are too big to post right now-I will have them up soon so you can see my mess. Everything going good for you?

Westcoast

Mercery Hy performance would be my first choice or I run what ever is on sale One thing that is very important is to run royal purple (or equevilant) ATF in the trannies. They only hold 2 qts each and it really helps keep the temps down. Heat kills the merctrans.

scottie150

So I should dump my cheap Wally mart ATF?

Westcoast

Dude...you had KC rebuild yours...I am sure you got the lecture just like I did

Kims

Mobile 1, 100% synthetic ATF did very well on my tranny temp on my truck. I decided to put it in all my vehicles. As for Hydraulic steering fluid I did a little research and found that the very high $$$ stuff they say we must use in our marine steering is actually an hydraulic fluid made for aircraft. Being a pilot I aimed for the director of maintenance and robbed him of a few gallons of the stuff. It is not very expensive at all and if you can ketch a salesman / aircraft mechanic / supervisor of a maintenance shop..... you can get it for next to nothing. Just ask for hydraulic fluid with MIL SPEC: MIL-H-5606A. I use the Royco brand and it is named 756A. Shell and Mobil have the same stuff with a different brand name. I see absolutely no reason why it would not work for hydraulic rams as well, but I have outboards and use Mobil 1 synthetic AF.