| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 596.1 | Good diesel stuff in 140 | CASADM::THOMAS | | Tue Jul 07 1987 12:56 | 5 |
| see Note 140 for a lot of real good stuff on diesels! I'm in the
mmiddle of memorizing the whole thing.
Ed
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| 596.2 | A book | AITG::BEANE | Art Beane | Tue Jul 07 1987 13:02 | 4 |
| See Dan Spurr's ``Upgrading the Cruising Sailboat''. He also wrote
a few articles in Cruising World on the topic, but I don't remember
which issues.
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| 596.3 | use a lift! | OCCAM::FANEUF | | Tue Jul 07 1987 14:40 | 14 |
| Don't even consider hoisting an engine into your boat without some
sort of lift. It's much too easy to have it slip out of your grasp
(we're talking about working in VERY inconvenient spaces), and the
chances of damaging yourself or your boat are too high. Assuming
you do this on dry land (I wouldn't contemplate a do-it-yourself
engine change in the water), you can get away with a pair of shear
legs made of 2x6 stepped (probably) on deck, and stayed fore and
aft, and a cheap comealong (ratchet hoist) to do the lifting. And
with a hoist, you can control lowering the engine and thus get it
properly located.
Ross Faneuf
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| 596.4 | Old Engine Collector! | 3D::GINGER | | Tue Jul 07 1987 15:41 | 15 |
| What are you going to do with the old 1 cyl Palmer? I could be eaisly
talked into trading it for some help in installing the engine.
Having done a few engines in sailboats I expect two major areas
of problem- the mounts will undoubetedly not be the same so some
substansial work will be required to make new engine beds. Connecting
the exhaust is always a big problem.
Wiring, controls (except maybe the reverse gear), fuel lines etc
are usually fairly easy- but since you are converting to diesel
you will need a fuel return line and a new tap into the fuel tank.
Good luck!
Ron
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| 596.5 | | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Wed Jul 08 1987 09:59 | 30 |
| I havent had the pleasure of repowering a boat yet, but I can endorse
the Yanmar. We had a YSM-8 on our 25'. In 4 years (80-83) it never
gave us a moments trouble.
One thing I appreciated was that it could be safely operated while
heeling. Some engines carry cautions not to operate when heeling
beyond some small (for a sail boat) heel due to lubrication problems.
To be specific, we sometimes used the engine to help power us to
windward thru steep chop which would kill our speed under sail alone
(you guys familiar with Rhode Island Sound and Buzzards Bay can
appreciate this). The 25' never sailed under 20� heel and 30+� was
common.
The manual for the Universal engine on our current boat cautions us
not to operate the engine when the heel is exceeding 15� (this boat
doesnt need the engine boost like the 25' did to make progress in
tough seas, so it isnt a problem).
The engine was also very economical. We got about 3 hours to the
gallon at hull speed.
It is also very cold blooded (direct salt water cooling with no
thermostats) which is nice on hot days since it doesnt heat the
engine space much. On the other hand there isnt a nice warm place to
to hang wet gear to dry on a cold damp day, and it wont heat the
potable water in an exchange heater (hot water tank).
Walt
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| 596.6 | interesting reading | MURPHY::SAFDIE | | Wed Aug 05 1987 15:40 | 9 |
|
For what it's worth the August issue of SAIL magazine has an article
on do it yourself diesel installation. The person who wrote it did
the installation in the water using his boom, halyard and topping
lift as a winch to lift the old diesel, swing it over the side to
the dock and install the new diesel.
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| 596.7 | | SKYLRK::MARCOTTE | George Marcotte SWS Santa Clara | Tue Aug 11 1987 19:28 | 5 |
| I read that article too. The thing that bothers me is using the
boom as lift. How much weight can you put on the boom/mast/etc?
George
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| 596.8 | | MENTOR::REG | Husqvarna Sonata fur A# saw und vood | Thu Aug 13 1987 10:56 | 15 |
|
WARNING, CYNICAL REPLY FOLLOWS:-
Re .7 Natural laws of sailboat construction #307
Deisel engines are sized to boats as some function of the boat's
size and weight. Similarly, booms and masts are sized in proportion
to the boat's sail area. Sail area is some function of the boat's
overall size. From this it follows that bigger deisel engines are
found under bigger booms and masts, therefore any sail boat's boom
can support the load of an appropriate sized deisel engine.
QED ?
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| 596.9 | She's in and running!! | CASV05::THOMAS_E | | Wed Jun 15 1988 14:11 | 9 |
| Well, it's in (Yanmar 1GM) and it ran last night. I ended up re-wiring
and re-plumbing the boat. THe next time I do that it'll be easy but
this first time was an adventure that I enjoyed thoroughly.
THe thing that is most surprising to me now is how much safer I feel
with no gas on board. And we're not even in the water yet!!
Ed
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| 596.10 | keep it full | RDF::RDF | Rick Fricchione | Fri Jun 17 1988 14:53 | 6 |
| Congrats. No all you have to worry about is running out of fuel.
Rick
* My YANMAR 2GV came with bleeding instructions fortunately.
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| 596.11 | How much did all this cost? | BOSTP2::BEAU | | Thu Apr 11 1991 16:14 | 4 |
|
Just for grins...how much do you figure a) you spent on the
conversion, and b) you saved doing the install yourself?
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