what an odd way to go cruising. i actually have the documentation from the original owner who sailed her to mexico and throughout the delta extensively, according to his logs anyway. so this is why i thought that maybe the high hours were legit.
--- In [email protected], "ChefYaz" <chef...@...> wrote: > > 4000+ hours on the motor.I just remembered this. When I was working at a > boat yard in Texas, we had an older retired fellow come in with a Cat 27. He > wanted the rig removed and the keel shortened. He was going to use it as a > trawler and cruise the Tom Bigby Water way. He wasn't a sailor, just liked > the look and layout of the boat and wasn't in a hurry. Maybe that's his old > boat.only way one could rack up that many hours. > > Mark, Gratis (6115) > > NOLA > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > RobAdkins > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IC27A] Re: clickety clack > > > > > > aaaaahhhhhh. that sounds like the case. i thought that was a bit much but > wanted to check in and make sure. after all when i divided 4000+ hours by > 24hr per day it worked out to 100+ days which didn't seem completely > outrageous give the boats age but i think you're right. thank god. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> , David Savlin > <dsavlin@> wrote: > > > > 4,000 hours seems amazingly high to me. That last digit is tenths of an > > hour; are you sure you're not misreading and it is really in the 400 hour > > range? That would make more sense to me. > > > > David > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:42 AM, RobAdkins <robadkins@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > thanks to all of you for chiming in on this subject. i now feel that my > > > engine is most likely just fine and lovely. many of you have stated the > > > hours accumulated on your engines of varying ages and i wanted to get an > > > opinion on the hours of mine. according to the hour meter it's in the > 4000hr > > > range. which sounds like a ton compared to those of you with '84 M-18s > as > > > well. what can i expect from an engine with this level of previous use? > > > thanks again-rob > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > <IC27A%40yahoogroups.com>, "RobAdkins" > > > <robadkins@> wrote: > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > > i was wondering what a healthy diesel engine sounds like. mine acts > > > healthy but sounds as if there's an extra high pitched tap-it noise akin > to > > > the valves on an old small block 350 in need of adjustment. not knowing > much > > > about diesels, i thought i'd query the community at large. is there a > way to > > > upload a sound recording to the group's page? thanks -rob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
