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gert
06-30-2009, 05:54 PM
Found this on craigs list attached to a Bukh 10 HP diesel

Is it marine?
Ron Williamson
06-30-2009, 05:57 PM
Not a Hurth?
R
mmd
06-30-2009, 06:05 PM
I suspect that it is a Hurth, not Hurst, gearbox (as noted by Ron, above), and that the numbers refer to a gear ratio of 2.5-to-1.

Misspellings are rampant these days, it seems, and the apologists for this seem to fail to recognize the confusion it causes. But I'll try not to rant...
gert
06-30-2009, 06:29 PM
Definatly Hurst:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/boa/1221968056.html