I recently purchased an '85 Cat27 Tall Rig (first sailboat), and it's time to put it up for the winter. My boat came with great Universal Atomic Diesel M-18 Engine, and I'm winterizing it for the first time. I'm using the owners manual as a guide, and everything seems to be pretty straight forward, but I'm having the damnedest time trying to locate the Transmission Dip Stick and oil fill hole.
I crawled down into the port side storage with a flashlight and opened the forward wooden vent to get to the tranny. My owners manual points to an area just above the transmission oil drain (I found the drain). I've looked everywhere. I ran my hand over every point of the transmission looking for something (anything) that resembles a dipstick. I keep coming up empty.
I know this dipstick and oil fill hole is notoriously hard to reach on a C27, given the engine location, but any insight into where to look, or, even better, a picture, would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm going crazy trying to locate this thing.
Will
I crawled down into the port side storage with a flashlight and opened the forward wooden vent to get to the tranny. My owners manual points to an area just above the transmission oil drain (I found the drain). I've looked everywhere. I ran my hand over every point of the transmission looking for something (anything) that resembles a dipstick. I keep coming up empty.
I know this dipstick and oil fill hole is notoriously hard to reach on a C27, given the engine location, but any insight into where to look, or, even better, a picture, would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm going crazy trying to locate this thing.
Will