We developed a leak in the
gearbox oil cooler and saltwater slowly pushed all the
oil out of the
gearbox over a couple of days. So I removed the cooler and took it to a mechanics who confirmed it had a pin hole leak (and let me tell you that we are in Noumea and I don't speak french so that was an interesting morning). We never ran the
engine at all with saltwater in the
gear box so we drained the
water out and flushed it out with methylated spirits to clear the
salt and then put in automatic
transmission fluid. I could turn the gearbox on the first day by hand but since then I have't been able to turn it. We are waiting for the part to arrive from
Australia so we can't turn the
engine over to see if it will
work. Has anyone else found this problem and what did you do about it?