I own a 1963 42' Chris Craft Conqueror, hull #2 of 20 with a pair of
431's.
http://www.linuxsystems.net/myboat
Maybe someone can help me out with an issue I had last night. I took
the boat out to go empty the holding tank, everything seemed fine, but
the starboard engine started running rough while in forward gear, and
while in neutral the shaft would still spin and still run rough,
switching to forward or reverse the engine would have a hard time
keeping idle and sometimes die out, you could also here a knock sound
(not from the engine) every so often (not regular) I think the sound
is from the tranny on the starboard side. And I had to dock running
only one engine (that was hard, if you saw my slip you would
understand)
This is my first big boat, and I'm more electrically inclined than
mechanically incline and I don't know much about Marine hydraulic
tranny's. I'm having a hard time getting a hold of my mechanic
(vacation) and I was wondering what you guys would recommend that I
can check to track down the problem or what to look for? or if you
guys have any insight to this issue?
Thanks for your time,
Eric
PS feel free to email me eric at linuxsystems dot net, was hoping to
take the boat out this weekend. .Don't think that's going to happen
now.