On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:08:08 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:27:26 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I'll have them rigorously tested and inspected if we proceed, probably
by
DePaul Diesel Service out of Portsmouth, RI.

Not that you asked for my opinion, but those guys are the best.

Seriously.


Having witnessed another diesel "surveyor" who basically took an oil
sample, documented the engine serial numbers and checked the oil level, I
agree.

The guys from DePaul really exercised, tested, took readings, etc. of the
engines during the Navigator sea trial.
They even dynamically check things like the engine mounts by having the
operator fairly rapidly go from full forward, to idle, to reverse and then
almost full power again. Several times. Made the hair on my neck stand
up.

BTW .... I got an email from Dennis at DePaul this morning. He didn't seem
to be that concerned about 3900 hours on the Cummins 5.9L turbo diesels.
He told me they just pulled the same engine out of a 73' sailboat, checked
it out then re-installed it in a commercial lobster boat. It had over 7000
hours on it and still ran fine.

A lot of contractors around here have Dodge pickups with that same
Cummins engine design - I don't know if the marinized version is that
much different, but most of them have a lot of hours and time on them
with little or no problems. From my perspective, they are a lot
noisier than International diesels, but that doesn't mean they aren't
good engines.

Food for thought.