I finally got the engine to run. The good news is that the engine appears to be in good shape internally. I cleaned both the raw and fresh water cooling circuits, replaced the rear seal and cleaned out the old oil and sludge. The wiring needs a bit of work since the ammeter isn't working but the rest of the system is. The bad news is that I need to rebuild the transmission. It shifts between forward and reverse but when in neutral it continues turning in a forward direction. According to the manual that means I need to replace the clutch plates. The parts aren't too expensive and the rebuild doesn't appear too difficult but it is another project to add to the list. Oh well, at least this means I can get back to the carpentry portion of the project while I wait for parts to get here. Onward and Upward!!!
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Wow, lots going on. Great to see such progress, and thanks for the photos. Re the tranny, I've always wondered why Murre's screw turns slowly when the engine is in neutral. Never been a problem, just odd. Great, another project! :) One thing to consider while she's open is moving the tank aft so that you can have adequate access to the packing gland. Take care.
No pictures to go along with this post. Generally my hands are too greasy to hold the camera and gasket replacement or cooling tube acid wash just isn't that picture worthy. I am still in the middle of the engine and transmission work. It is going slow but still moving. I really want to get back to the boatwork. A diesel mechanic I'm not!
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Here is me with the engine already hanging from the hoist. I took the transmission off first and then grabbed the engine just to make things lighter and a little easier. As you can see from the condition of my clothes this was a dirty, nasty, greasy mess. Did I mention that I really don't care for engine work :-) I am pretty excited about this stage though because after it's done I feel like I'm home free which is silly because there is still a TON of work to be done. After the engine however, I get back to the construction and systems side of things that I am much more comfortable with. Things are progressing well at this time which I hope continues.
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This is the frame I built for taking the engine out of the boat. This part of the project has had me worried for a while. I'm good with wood, fiberglass and the other systems but the greasy hunk of metal in the bilge is a big mystery. Which is funny because dads' speciality is engines and he showed me all this when I was younger but it just never interested me I guess. I always wanted to build furniture. Oh well, time to rectify that gap in my knowledge
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I finally finished doing the demo on the cockpit last night. I am holding off on framing the cockpit until I can get the engine out. I need to do a full rebuild on the the transmission and I want to do some work on the hull under the engine so out it comes. I am planniing on building a water tank under there both because the boat is a little light on water tankage and I want to reduce the depth of the bilge because I'm tired of losing tools into the black hole down there. After that construction and some cleaning and painting the engine will go back in and the cockpit will be built around it. Because I don't want to build the cockpit framing right now the next step is the aft cabin bulkhead I guess. While I have all that apart I will be upgrading the insulation for the icebox. There is room both on the engine side and below the box to at least double the amount of foam which should be enough for up here in the Northwest. I'll keep working and blogging and hopefully progressing fairly quickly.
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Obviously I haven't been able to hold to the timetable from the last post but progress continues to be made. I finally got the fuel tank out today and was pleasantly suprised as to its' condition. Some other Mariners have had mild steel tanks but mine is stainless and appears to be in fine shape. I think I'll be reusing it. I continue to be amazed at the teak being used as framing on this boat. The board supporting the mizzen mast step is a solid piece of teak that is 2" thick by 8" wide by 18" long. I'll replace that with white oak and use the teak for some other project where I need it properties/appearance. The Mariners have such interesting construction details. I call them "transitional boats" for lack of a better term. They have glass hulls but almost all the rest of the construction details are from wooden boat building. Things like the sleepers that the tanks rest on and the fact that the tanks are removable without tearing the whole boat apart are legacies from wooden boat building that modern boat builders would do well to learn again. I'll have to replace the aft cabin bulkhead which wasn't on my to do list. As I was removing parts of the cockpit I slipped and put my screwdriver right through the bulkhead. Oh well, what's one more project when I'm doing so much other stuff ;-) Well, that's enough for tonight, tomorrow will hopefully see more framing done.
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