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we had success putting heat trace tape from the injector to the injection pump to the fuel tank.  it is surprising what a little increase in the temperature of the diesel will do for starting.

captain steven

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i left the heavy construction industry when the old timers left who knew how to get the job done were replaced by the book smart politically correct.  while acknowledging that GuyFawkes could rub the skin off of an alligator, his credientials and abilities are exposed.  he has been there and done it.  i would not say he is always correct, but if he said something i surely would not defecate on his response.  

clytle374 and oliver90owner on the other hand.........i think you need to expose your credentials other than your ability to read text books.

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Everything else / Re: Low buck vibration isolation mount
« on: July 14, 2007, 07:11:58 AM »
Here is a very cheap and effective isolation mount I saw on a fish farm barge in Vietnam.

 

Captain Steven



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General Discussion / Re: Porn in the group
« on: July 08, 2007, 06:48:09 AM »
i have been following this thread and avoided commenting because no matter what is said somebody will get upset.

obviously we should take reasonable precautions to avoid allowing the posting of materials offensive to any member.

i see nothing the moderators and controllers of this site are doing which is inviting this offensive material.  any members following the links will get their dose of virus which they will have to deal with.

no matter what precautions are taken, the porn distributors will defeat the precautions.  (we still need precautions).

to quit this forum because of this crap (which is everywhere on the internet anyway) is self defeating.

regards,
captain steven

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Engines / Re: Acetone in Diesel Fuel???
« on: July 01, 2007, 07:34:25 AM »
you know for years i have been adding atf to my diesels at a mix rate of one quart to 20 gallons.  i never have had any problems, and never have faced decarbonizing.  i just googled around and found the vast majority of websites warning of potential hazards of adding atf - as well as lubricating oil.  i did, however, find many sites supporting the use of acetone.  here is the link to the one i found most interesting:
http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/additive.htm

regards,
captain steven

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all laptops are a problem.  yes, you can find some people who say they own a good laptop - but they are a small minority.

usually within one or two years of manufacture, there are no spare parts (most parts in laptops are made just for that model).

with the boating community, most ships under 65 feet are run by laptops due to space, wireless communication and power constraints.  laptops have very short lives.  keyboard and lcd screens are the first to go - they usually make it through the one year warranty before they die.  i guess the salt air doesn't help or the heat or the humidity.

i found religion 8 years ago and switched to a full size pc.  the case is rusty but the machine keeps going.  over here we have almost broadband speeds with our 3G cellphones which can be used as a modem for PC's.

regards,
captain steven

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Generators / Re: Listeroid 6/1 with a 5kw and a 2hp well pump
« on: June 16, 2007, 08:06:27 AM »
i tend to go along with the suggestion from doug. as the lister would be used for outages less than twelve hours, you could put a new loop (with a vent and a fractional h/p pump) on your existing pressure tank to feed your domestic requirements during the outage.  of course you would have to repurge the pressure tank after the outage.  the average person uses about 30 gallons per day.

the inrush amps on your existing pump would be decreased if the pump did not start against existing house pressure (the difference between starting a car in gear or in neutral).  you might be able to refill the pressure tank if it is low.

what i am trying to say is that if you think it out (and think out of the box), i am sure you can figure out a setup which will allow almost normal living in a blackout with a 5 kw head.

regards,
captain steven

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Engines / Re: petter raw water cooling
« on: June 15, 2007, 09:07:28 AM »
i missed the original post.

in my experience a raw water cooled engine does not have a long lifespan (even with all the zincs you can cram into it).  you will see a further reduced lifespan if you haul you boat for the season.

i would recommend a heat exchanger or keel cooling to protect all the good looking work you have been doing.

regards,
captain steven



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Engines / Re: Maximum running angle
« on: June 15, 2007, 08:57:40 AM »
thanks for the explaination.  have you launched your boat yet?

regards,
captain steven



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Engines / Re: Maximum running angle
« on: June 12, 2007, 06:14:05 AM »
what is the device (structure) between the engine and the gear box.  is it some sort of heat exchanger/bilge pump?

did you do the mounting up yourself?

regards,
captain steven

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Bio-diesel Fuel / Re: Tyson- Conoco/Phillips Biodiesel politics
« on: June 10, 2007, 06:06:56 AM »
sorry, one more point on palm oil.

according to the us state department, 80% of the indonesian production of palm oil goes for food.  they also say in part:

"Pointing to heightened concern around the world over trans-fatty acids (TFA) and the January 2006 U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirement that food labels include information about TFA, they argue that palm oil will begin to replace partially hydrogenated oils in American processed foods, thus increasing exports to the U.S."

you can read the entire text which talks about biofuels at:
                              http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/econ/Sumatera_palm_oil_dec05.html

regards,
captain steven

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Bio-diesel Fuel / Re: Tyson- Conoco/Phillips Biodiesel politics
« on: June 10, 2007, 05:55:11 AM »
it is tragic that the rain forests of borneo are being destroyed, as well as the forests all around the world.  they are being replaced by various crops to make somebody money. 

i have travelled through the amazon seeing the forests area after area cut down by little farmers and big corporations.   in borneo and the indonesian islands, i live with the yearly burning which lasts for months.  for sure it is a crime.

but if you remove the need for biodiesel, the problem will still persist.  the world population is growing fast.....and it needs to eat, and the new people need to make money.  politicians and criminals (both should be used in the same sentence) put their short term greed in front of society.  the little person stakes out a piece of land and utilizes it for his survival. 

biofuels are not the problem.  corruption is.  lack of governmental control is.  having an exploding birth rate is. having a clear and indisputable global position on land use development is.

the enemy is us.

captain steven

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Engines / Re: what is number 4 diesel
« on: June 06, 2007, 08:05:23 AM »
Well also denser fuels have high energy density which means better fuel economy?? right??

with this i conclude, that IDI 650rpm lister will happily chug on no-4 diesel. Probably compression can be upped little bit to improve performance on thicker fuel and take advantage of extra energy in dense fuel.

if it really is #4, there is no astm spec to govern the cetane rating or sulfur content. 

further, if it is true that this came from marine use, my guess is that it is IFO-180 which is what the big ships burn.  it has a viscosity of 25 - but the big problem for you would be the extremely high sulfur content (5%) and ash may be as high as 0.15%.

so my point is you have no idea what the properties are of the fuel you are buying.  i do not recommend touching the compression.  buy a little and see how the lister dances.

regards,
captain steven

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Engines / Re: what is number 4 diesel
« on: June 05, 2007, 08:56:17 AM »
No-4 diesel is reportedly used in light to medium ships.

#4 diesel is not used in ships.  if you want to really confuse yourself read
                                   http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/nonroad/marine/ci/fr/dfuelrpt.pdf.

as i said earlier, #4 usually is okay......but there is a wide spec tolerance allowed under the definition of #4 diesel.  Some #4 may well be too heavy.  hey, if it is cheap enough (internationally it is 1/2 the price of diesel) maybe you can blend it with #2 if your lister does not tolerate #4 well.  i am also pretty sure governmental enviromental groups would not approve burning #4 in a diesel engine.

regards,
captain steven

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Engines / Re: what is number 4 diesel
« on: June 03, 2007, 06:06:18 AM »
if you want to get a headache, try correlating marine use diesels to land use diesels to fuel oils.  they are the same and they are different depending on what the refinery/supplier wants to call it.  i go through this every time i fuel up. 

anyway, number 4 is thicker than 2 and is usually okay to be used in gensets.  the issue here is additives used, specifically if anti-gel compounds.  this will effect whether preheating is necessary.  in some countries i have seen truck drivers with fires under their fuel tanks to heat them up 'cause the #2 diesel had gelled.

regards,
captain steven

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