[alberg30] Re: cutless bearing/engine saga

[Guy Lalonde]

From: "Guy Lalonde" <guy.lalonde at sympatico.ca>

Hi Catherine.

Just a heads-up about Kubota engines. Personally I have no first hand
knowledge of Kubota engines (never seen one and don't know anyone who has
one), but seems I recall someone on this list mentionned that a recent issue
of Practical Sailor magazine tested a few diesels and the Kubota was at the
bottom of the list because of some problems.You might want to get a hold of
that issue and check it out.

Guy
#466

----- Original Message -----
From: Walshe <walshe at unixg.ubc.ca>
To: <alberg30 at onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 4:03 AM
Subject: [alberg30] Re: cutless bearing/engine saga


> From: Walshe <walshe at unixg.ubc.ca>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Any advice as to how to remove the cutless bearing - the surveyor said it
needed to be replaced.  Upon removing the stuffing box, we found it isn't
quite like the usual types of bearings, but is rubber and not too easy to
remove.  Any suggestions?
>
> On the engine front - the saga continues.  We thought that the A4 was in
pretty good shape - and it is, really, considering how long it had been
idle.  However, the A4 guru in our area has come back with a rebuild
estimate(rapidly approaching $4000Cdn) that is
> once again making us reconsider the deisel option.  The cylinders need
regrinding, two pistons are shot, the water pump needs to be replaced, and a
heat exchanger added on among other things.  The best price on deisel we've
seen so far is a new Kubota D905 for
> $6000 but would apparently require an adaptor($450) to fit our
transmission(the make and condition of which we are not yet sure of).  Of
course, there are all sorts of other things that will probably need to be
replaced as well(eg. instrument panel).  All this
> engine deliberation is at least giving us time on dry dock to give her a
good work-over.
>
> By the way, our Alberg is number 175.
>
> Catherine
>
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