catalina 310

Our 2001 Catalina 310 transmission -- HURTH HBW 50 -- was rebuilt three years ago and a year later blew up and had to replaced. Since HURTH is out of business, we had installed a TWIN DISC TMC 40. The transmission makes a fair amount of noise and the fluid goes brown in a few hours. We replace...

There isn't enough room to pull the transmission away from the engine. After about a half inch I hit the fiberglass lip to the engine bilge ( see photo ). Should I saw off the fiberglass lip or do something like disconnect the motor mounts and pull it forward. Anyone else removed the transmission?

2006 with M-25XPB universal. Raw water circuit is fine but the closed water circuit doesn't seem to be flowing. I take the ends off the heat exchanger and there is still standing water beneath the manifold cap. Is there something that would prevent water from draining from the manifold back...

Hi all - just wondering what other 310 owners have done to address the issue of the exhaust riser burning through the rear bulkhead? Re: design defect had the exhaust elbow hard up against the bulkhead and has been known to cause fires - a clear space around the elbow is the solution. How much...