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Chick Weiss
I've had an intermittent and troubling problem. I've never been able to demonstrate it to a mechanic (even after hours of motoring around), but it happened twice again today. Here's the problem...I'm motoring along and the engine or trans or drivetrain (I'm not sure where the source of the sound is) radically changes its sound. There is a loud vibration seeming to come from the aft and some screeching occasionally. If I lower the throttle, it goes away but will eventually return in minutes, days or weeks later. When motoring, recently there is a high pitched sound, as well...this occurs regularly now.Today, when I shifted from neutral to forward, it happened and I felt the vibration below my feet at the helm and the sound seemed to be in that area. The engine, however, does seem affected (but it's hard to tell since the sound is quite loud). When I returned to neutral and then shifted back to forward all went well for the rest of the day. I'm now wondering if rather than engine or trans problem (which 2 mechanics swear are in excellent shape....even as of yesterday), the problem is the cutlass bearing. For those of you who have had cutlass bearing problems, what were your sypmtoms...and are my symptoms familiar to you?. ThanksChick WeissCara Carina; C36MkIIE. Greenwich, RI