Merc 350 Transmission Failure

(mlf177) · (mlf177) **Join Date: Aug 2008** 08-23-2008, 12:59 PM

I was running my 04 Ski Sanger V215 for a short time and I felt the tranny slip. Seconds later the V-drive light came on along with a buzzer. I shut down the boat and saw steam coming from the engine compartment. I noticed tranny fluid in the hull and my dip stick was white. Boatmasters is telling me in need a new tranny without even breaking down the tranny...$2850.00 Any ideas??? Should i get a second opinion?

(krbaugh) · (krbaugh) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 08-23-2008, 7:59 PM

Mercury does not sell tranny parts. If you want yours fixed you will have to find a dealer with access to vevlet drive parts and the know how to rebuild it

(rallyart) · (rallyart) **Join Date: Nov 2006** 08-24-2008, 5:49 AM

If your fluid was milky the failure could have been in the heat exchanger/cooler. After flushing the old fluid and water out the tranny might survive
I'm not a boat tranny expert.

(greg2) · (greg2) **Join Date: May 2002** 08-25-2008, 7:38 PM

I would call Discount Inboard Marine just to see what they thought.

(wakebordr11) · (wakebordr11) **Join Date: May 2001** 08-26-2008, 4:55 PM

whats transmission? The v-drive or the velvet drive... there is 2 right? If its the velvet drive they're pretty easy to work on... my buddy rebuilt one himself for like 3-350 in parts from ski dim... I think a whole velvet drive only costs like 1700 new... 2850-