[Public-List] Motor Replacement continued

Fri Aug 21 07:55:36 PDT 2015

Oh, by the way, my boat is a non-liner boat built in '67-#196, so I can assume that at one point it did have the Atomic4, it still has the shift linkage cross-brace back behind the motor.

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> On Aug 20, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Fraser Kittson via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> My 1978 A30 came factory with a Volvo MD7A if you can find on there a great motor. Drops rite in. 
> 
> Fraser Kittson
> 
> 
>> On Aug 20, 2015, at 4:40 PM, Jim Davis via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>>  A few thoughts on replacement engines.  Back when I owned #240 I put a
>>  Yanmar 2GM in it.  This works well on the pre-liner boats, but on a
>>  liner boat the engine room pan gets in the way as the Yanmar is too
>>  deep.  Westerbeake and Beta are a better option in the liner boats and
>>  if I were to do a repower today I would go with the Beta.  Both
>>  Westerbeake and Beta are as near drop in replacements for the Atomic 4
>>  as you will find and are made on the same Kabota block.  When I did my
>>  repower Beta was the "new kid on the block", but they have now been
>>  around for a couple decades and actively marketing their product.
>>  http://www.betamarinenc.com/
>>  http://www.westerbeke.com/pages/westerbekeengines.htm
>> Jim Davis
>> Privateer Isa Lei
>> 
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>> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:37:40 -0400
>> From: Jonathan Bresler via Public-List
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>> To: Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
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>> Wes,
>> 
>> Don't know what other folks have.
>> #262 has a Yanmar 2GM20F installed by the previous owner, Tom Baker.  Tom
>> got two from Florida
>> #11 (?) Woody has the other 2GM20F from Tom, as far as I know.
>> #247 and #550, which I am familiar with from racing on them, both have
>> Atomic 4's
>> 
>> Jonathan
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> That sounds correct...I'd just make doubly sure that your oil pressure
>>> gauge sender and the one for the alarm (if so installed) are all properly
>>> done. This will include ALL blocks built outside of the States.  By the
>>> way, what motor do most folks have (other than the original A4)?  I may
>>> have to consider an alternative if mine can't be rebuilt.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Jonathan Bresler <262alberg30 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Seems that Catalina folk have run into the problem of threads sizes as
>>>> well as wanting a gauge vs a normally-closed switch.
>>>> [1]http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/3288/oil-pressure-sender-f
>> or-yanmar-diesels.cfm
>>>> From looking around a bit it appears that VDO calls the type with two
>>>> electrical terminals "floating ground" switch as opposed to "standard
>>>> ground" (shorted to engine block).
>>>> [2]http://www.vdo-instruments.com/sensors/pressure-sensors-switches.html
>>>> 
>>>> Jonathan
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Good article...could have saved me several grand.  A note about the oil
>>>>> pressure sender, when it blows out of the side of the motor, no alarm will
>>>>> sound because it needs the ground from the nipple.  The way to avoid this
>>>>> is to get a sender that has TWO terminals and ground the ground to the
>>>>> motor somewhere, that way, when your sender blows out of the side of the
>>>>> motor, you'll get an alarm (if it's hooked up)...mine was also not hooked
>>>>> up but wouldn't have worked anyway...
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Jonathan Bresler <262alberg30 at gmail.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ouch!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Was reading earlier this week about a oil pressure senders and the
>>>>>> different threads involved.  1/8" NPT vs 1/8 PT on a Yanmar engine.
>>>>>> [3]http://www.oceannavigator.com/September-2011/Upgrading-Yanmar-oil-pressu
>> re-gauge-and-sender/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jonathan
>> 
>> References
>> 
>>  1. http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/3288/oil-pressure-sender-for-yanmar-diesels.cfm
>>  2. http://www.vdo-instruments.com/sensors/pressure-sensors-switches.html
>>  3. http://www.oceannavigator.com/September-2011/Upgrading-Yanmar-oil-pressure-gauge-and-sender/
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