Thread: Pat McCarthy and others......

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Part of the problem is, the engines are jammed right up against the forward bulkhead, with very little room to get in there.

Don

did i ever tell you i work at a boat yard one of the biggest in MI
now for the rest of the story. i would drink alot of rum to show up the next day to work on them SOB s .i did alot of no fun jobs. that is why it better to sit and do one side at a time .its not a car you set them at O and a 1/4 to half turn to keep them from pumping up but there s a good chance there going to make some noise . yes with less you can pop the clip out of the lifter. 3/4 is what i set them at that put the lifter valving more to center .some say it can pump up and go in to valve float i do not worry about that to much there is a rpm that the engine needs only to be ran out to .if hi rpm it gets soilds . or a short valving lifter hyd .on roller hyd i run some big lbs valve spring on them .for boat stuff and flat lifters i worry abit putting some valve spring to them. with the oil we have now .but they see more rpms then car or truck engines so it is a trade off

Pat, I know what you mean about needing some rum to get through the day working on boats. When I was in the business our Techs would sometimes come in and say to me "come on, I want you to take a ride with me." So we would hop on a golf cart and they would take me out to some boat they were working on and ask me "How am I supposed to get down in there to repair this thing?" Usually, they were showing me some bilge that had two engines, a generator, fuel tanks, water tanks, and other stuff that left no room to get your hand down between those parts, let alone try to work on them.

We actually had boats where the engine had to be pulled out to change a bilge pump! The owners always loved getting a $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 bill to change out a hundred dollar part. The problem is, the boat manufacturers put all those parts in the bare hull, then drop the top cap down on the boat, so you can never get back in there to do any work.

From being in the business for over 20 years, I hate boats!

Don

I hear yah Don. When I was a first mate in the Virgin Islands, we sailed 50' Morgans with little volvo diesel engines. The smell of diesel in the bilge while keeled over and pounding waves made most people lose their lunch. I was relagated to chef status, because I could handle it most days(given enough salteen crackers!)
Every once in a while the bilge would appear not to be working, which meant a trip down the crawl space. God what a terrible job that was! I couldn't imagine doing it for a living. Much rather drive them, than work on them. All of my boats have outboards for that reason! (Mind you I could never afford a liveaboard with built ins!)

Thanks for all of the advice everyone. I really appreciate it.

I am of the opinion that we are as adjusted as we are ever going to be. This boat never turns over 3500 RPM and we cruise it at about 2800-3000 rpm so high rpms are not a concern, nor is high lift.

I think it is time to button the engine up and go for a cruise

Thanks again, Don Jr.