Seaswirl Update, Auto Transmission Fail and Tuna (reload)

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Story of Seaswirl rebuild and failure of Automatic Transmission while towing boat over Pali Hwy.
The AutoTran failed because the manufacturer thought it would be smart to put an aluminum planetary gear into the otherwise "all-steel" drive assembly (all the components that actually handle torque). I think it is called "Managed Obsolence", putting some weak part into the product to ensure (predictably) that the consumer will have a failure and required repair services. In this case, it led to a very dangerous situation. The transmission oil shot out of the tranny-vent onto the exhaust manifold, where it caught fire. The fuel line (gasoline delivery to carb) was right next to manifold, and the back of truck had gallons of Acetone and Resin.....luckily we extinguish the fire before it became a "chariot of fire" putting other vehicles in danger.

The Seaswirl is nearly completed, and I am reading a book on Tuna, which is really firing me up to get "Out There" on the big blue yonder and DIVE and FISH for these magnificent animals

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Seaswirl
• Boat
• rebuild
• Automatic
• Transmission
• fail
• Tuna
• glassing
• resin
• DIY
• repair
• Obsolesence

[coutureas]

Bumber about the truck transmission. Good thing that you are knowledgable about that stuff. Yet another hurdle you've overcome. Boat is looking awesome. Keep up the great work and stay committed. Good times lie ahead :)

[UnderseaCaveman]

ahahahah... those darn hurdles...oh well..

Thanks Bro, part 3 will the finishing works and "Sea Trials and IOC" (hahahaha)...and MK2 Beer-dispenser~)

[BL80488]

@UnderseaCaveman Hey, What year is the Sea Swirl? My family has a 1995 Striper 2000 with the original Evinrude 130

[UnderseaCaveman]

@BL80488 Sweet.... no complaints about Seaswirl Stipers....awesome boats, Aloha, UC

[OperationCrossroad]

Thomas Dolby... man that takes me back...

Glad to see your boat project is coming to fruition. As for the truck towing the boat, well, I'm sure you know what the F.O.R.D. acronym stands for: Found On Road Dead :)

[UnderseaCaveman]

F.O.R.D..... LOL... (keepin' my fingers X'd)...

yeah boat is much closer to done than started.. next vid should be Seatrials, and gonna get some Underwater shots/film of it going "overhead" (besides some opening Blue water stuff). Aloha, UC

[catalina31768]

You do very nice fiberglass work. whoever got hold of my old boat before I owned it did a hack job

[UnderseaCaveman]

Yogi,

"you know you're doomed.....gunning to put you on their dinner table"... LMAO, oh goodness, succintly put... yeah, happy not to be a Tuna (esp. Blue Fin).

Why don't we (humans) learn? Didn't we almost wipe out Pacific Whales (really close).. and now we have to repeat same with Tuna. Actually, I am also trying to get into the conservation of Tuna... it's complicated because Blue Fin don't stay put in anyone EEZ... more on it later.

Mahalo for watching, aloha, UC

[yogiudo]

great video - nice boat fixes.. Too bad about the Tuna, you know you're doomed to when you've got 127 million hungry Japanese gunning to put you on their dinner table.

Aloha

[odin422]

might save me money on bat guano......i can smell the buds now......heh.