Tranmission Nightmare

I'm in big trouble, I played maintenance mechanic this weekend and I attempted to change the transmission fluid. Review pics and see my mess. I poked the small plastic 1/4 tube into dipstick and after pulling about 8-10 OZs out of fluid, I couldn't get anymore. So I quit and pulled on the hose. IT STUCK.... after you review i ended up breaking off the tube attempting to twist and pulling. with pics tonight I see it appears that the tube may have entered the port to the left or engine side of the dipstick. I am not sure of how much hose is left, but really can't be much? I have tried everything to get the last piece out..... narrow needle nose pliers and dr surgery like clamp device pliers. #stupididea #1994nautique #verylowhours <200hrs Make sure you blow up pics as best you can to see the extent of my stupidity. PCM .40 I think 1992??
The question, do I run, drive, and risk it? If it gets hot it may be easier to remove? Will it get sucked into the guts and ruin everything? If it gets into the oil, can I just change and suck it out and be great for all eternity? Is the only choice to pull the transmission and get in and remove plastic tube and not risk further damage.? Best guess how much?
I will try to add pictures of my.mess!!![I

Did this happen to you, or is your comment stating i should just pull and remove the plastic tube?

B4 removing trans, I would try to use a screw, maybe a drywall screw to grab it. Somehow you will need to mount the screw firmly to the end of a tube.

Time to think outside the box.

I have a friend who did the same thing we got it out by grabbing it with a screw Iwent under boat and started to move the propeller shaft and it finally broke loose thanks Dave

I did have success with getting a friend to remove. here is pic of what was removed. Big sigh of relief. He did end up removing the exhaust to get a better angle to remove.
Thanks all for help

Oh, and using a metal brake line means there's no chance of pushing a plastic hose too hard such that it bends at the bottom of the tranny and possibly breaks.

Congrats on getting it out!!!

BTW, when my tranny went out on my '96, I got a new one from SKIDIM. It came with a 12" cooler (vs the standard 6"). I almost pulled it off to put it in the '97 I got, but instead just bought a 12" cooler and put it in. Since PCM went to a 12", and I've had a PCM tranny die, I'm keeping it as cool as possible. Just an FYI to everyone.

Here is what I use to suck the old Tranny fluid out of mine. It's normally used to put fluid IN a lower unit on and outboard. Anyway, I tooke a 20 inch long piece of 1/4" O.D. copper tubing, inserted into the suction end, I drop that down into the tranny, and can suck out 2 quarts in just a couple minutes.

It was a mess.....  Ended up taking off muffler to get better access to oil fill hole and to get a better access with tools.  not sure if you can see the hose, we were able to, but just enough to get a long needle nose on it.  With muffler out and long needle nose attached, one person wiggled the prop back and forth and it finally released and came out. I was lucky....best of luck to you.  

SkiNJ45 wrote: I ran into the same problem with my '91 Sport when winterizing last weekend.  I lost 2-3" of plastic hose in the transmission (1.23) and I am not sure what to do.  There is definitely no getting it out through the same hole it went in.  Do I really need to remove the transmission? If, so, any good tutorials on this?

a little research is worth your time before DIYing stuff like this.  Plenty of posts about NOT using plastic tubes down into the transmission.   Now, pull your tranny, and get that crap out, then next time use metal tubing when changing tranny fluid.  

Thanks for the write up!
I did buy the boat to learn a little while having fun but this one might be too big of a task for me to tackle especially with winter setting in. I called my local Nautique dealer to see what they will charge.

Pulling the tranny is not a big deal, esp. if you are not in a hurry.  You just need a bottle or scissor jack to lift up under the manifold.  Then put in a safety block of course.

Eddie is a good friend indeed

SkiNJ45 wrote:  I called my local Nautique dealer to see what they will charge.

Dan,