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Great, thanks!
I’ll be sure to add the anti-siphon valve on the seawater line.
Do you have any suggestions for location of the water muffler? I’m a little confused on the difference from the Centek Vernalift and the Vetus Waterlocks.
Rob
The W60 has sold. Shortly after I hauled it out of the boat, a buyer from Craigslist came and picked it up.
Thanks for the great discussion –
I just pulled the Velvet Drive transmission for a rebuild and to get adapter plates fitted for the new Yanmar 4JH80 I purchased. Unfortunately, the transmission shop said the reverse pinions are worn out due to a damper plate issue. I believe the previous owner replaced the damper plate with a new one but it must have been too late. I’ll be upgrading to the ‘German style’ plate that contains rubber bushings in a remanufactured Velvet Drive.
I’m still looking into the options with the V-Drive. With the new engine turning at 3,200RPM, I’ll need to regear. I’m hearing there are 2.56:1 and 3:1 options for the RV-20. With the cost of the gears and a rebuild, it’s coming close to the price of an RV-26 so I may go that way shortly.
Where did everyone purchase their RV-26? Was it directly through Walter?
For those who have done this exercise before – did you consider upgrading the prop size? What’s the maximum that can fit on our Pearson’s?
Thanks,
Rob
Hi Mark, you can reach me at rob.osterman@outlook.com. I can provide a phone number via email — happy to chat.
Jody and Stephen – I sure hope you’re not ahead of me 🙂 I decided to go with a Yanmar 4JH80 over the Beta. The pricing in the US was quite a bit better with the Yanmar having the advantage. I found that some of the Canadian dealers had better pricing with the Beta’s given the current currency difference.
Hello Charlie – I started becoming worried about the availability of parts for the engine. I’d like to do some extended cruising in the next few years and am concerned about doing any repairs in remote places. I’m replacing the fuel tank and figured it was the best time to repower.
Stephen & Jody – I’m not sure about the exhaust system on the Kubota marine engines. I know Beta makes a few kits for Pearson’s and there’s an article out there about a recent repower. I’ve been using Richard Carter’s Yanmar Repower writeup to understand a few items that need to be considered.
Hello again,
Thanks again for all of the information!
John and Richard — I’ve been reading your repower write up over the past few weeks religiously. I’m looking towards the Yanmar 4JH4-TE (if I can find one as they no sell them from the factory) or a 4JH80.
The VDrive doesn’t have any leakage or temperature issues. The only thing I noticed was a restriction on the inlet/outlet ports of about half to 1/3rd of normal. I was able to remove most of the debris blocking this.
The quote for a new RV-26 is a big investment when considering all of the other items in the repower project. I contacted Walter and they indicated my RV-20 unit was manufactured at the same time as the boat. I’m assuming that it’s the original that came with the boat. They’re suggesting a rebuild if the jacket is still in good shape. For those who rebuilt instead of replacing — have you had any problems? I’m curious if I can hold off upgrading to the RV-26 for four or five more years.
Tor — I’m going to be running into a similar issue. The shaft from the engine to the V-Drive is fairly corroded due to water from the shaft seal splashing up there over the years. I’d think that a machine shop could make a similar quality shaft — I wonder what you get from Walter by paying the premium for their shaft?
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