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Lew Hodgett Lew Hodgett is offline
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Default Westerbeke 40 hp for Pearson 365


"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote:


I'm not sure what the Perkins 50 HP engine is based on but it is
probably a Japanese industrial engine of some sort. If the basic
engine and its parts are available where you are it is usually the
cheapest alternative in the event repairs become necessary.


Precisely why Beta deserves a look, it a marinized Kubota.

Lew