It would appear that some kind of transmission pressure loss alarm would be appropriate since the results of a simple error of not tightening the filter cap (or other source of loss) would be

Hello Dean; Thank you for taking the time for postingthis critical information. We have dipstick part number 3311 301 003,which would be the correct dipstick according to the information you

Dean this was nearly precisely our story of failure on the way to virgins from USA. New tranny is an easy fix. Out and in a day. I helped the guy in st Thomas and learned a lot. Once a new one,

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Hi Alexandre, Yes its interesting. I dont know who changed the dipsticks. Personally I don't believe ZF shipped the wrong ones, I think they were changed by someone to try and match the ZF published

I replaced the freshwater pump with a Marco UP3 electronic gear pump. It has a magnetic drive. The old pump had a bonding wire, so I attached it to the base of the new pump. I did not hook up the

Hi Duane, Thanks for that info. I am planning to address the cooler replacement, at least to carry a spare. I cannot yet say for certain that the cooler is operating at maximum efficiency, however I

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the amelyachtowners group. File : /ZF 25 Transmission/ZF 25_INSTALLATION

Thanks so much for the info, which is critical. That is absolutely crazy a company such as ZF could make such mistake and not (really) address it for so many years… All manufacturers should have

One reason for the transmission heating up "could be" that your transmission oil cooler is compromised. You said the dipstick was melted and since there was no leakage of fluid, you assumed that it

IMPORTANT NOTICE To all Amel Owners, I have recently had a failure event with my ZF25 gearbox. You can read about it further in Topic #41215 on this forum. In that failure event, the dipstick for

Hi All, After load testing this morning I am 99% sure my ZF25 transmission has failed. I know the root cause of the failure, and I will publish separately on that issue later. I'm told by the ZF

Thanks Alan Sounds like the Marco pump is the way to go. I will get to that - at this stage I have bigger problems on my plate ... but that's a whole other topic! Cheers Dean

Hello Rick& Linda, Hold the sale… turn her around through the Panama Canal and the Pacific.. thats where you belong :-) But.. again its your decision to swallow the anchor. Big hugs to both of

Seems like a great idea to me...if your steering works, I might buy her. Steve

Hello Amel Forum Friends, We want to let you know that, in the next few weeks, Rascal is going to be listed for sale by a broker. IN THE INTERIM, we are offering Rascal for sale for a fixed price

The bladders in those accumulators are replaceable. We carried spares and changed them twice. Last year we replaced the original pump with a Marco UP14E which is much smaller than the original

No problem Steve, glad to help anyway I can, let me know if you need anything else. Pat SM Shenanigans

It’ll be interesting to see if mine fails shortly after this event Jean-Pierre. So far so good with the re-inflated bladder. You guys are right about the Marco pumps, they are good. I’ve been

Hi Pat, I just received the template you made, and really appreciate the effort you went to. It will make the job much easier. Thanks, Steve S/V Aloha