On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:01:34 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

Check out www.perkins.com. I don't think the 4-108 is made anymore as
such, but they are making similar engines. I have a 4-236 (1985) so I am
also concerned about this. A friend has a boat with 2 4-236 engines that
are only 5 years old.

4-108's are still ubiquitous in other applications as well as marine
engines. I wouldn't count on the spare parts supply running out anytime
soon.

Steve

Yanmar and Perkins:

We took a Yanmar 4JH2DTE (75hp) around the world, putting about 1,200
hours on it. Ran fine. No problems at all. I would buy another in a
minute if I needed that size, except that we found Mack Boring
difficult on several issues. I think the 4JH2 block has a version at
the upper end of your range....

Perkins. Fintry has a 6-354 for a big DC genset. We're replacing the
gensets with Northern Lights, but keeping the 6-354 for hydraulics,
battery charging, and the fire pump. Nobody in Britain is worried
about Perkins parts for a long time....

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message ...
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:01:34 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

Check out www.perkins.com. I don't think the 4-108 is made anymore as
such, but they are making similar engines. I have a 4-236 (1985) so I am
also concerned about this. A friend has a boat with 2 4-236 engines that
are only 5 years old.

4-108's are still ubiquitous in other applications as well as marine
engines. I wouldn't count on the spare parts supply running out anytime
soon.

Steve

Thanks for the experience.

R.

On 25 Sep 2003 07:12:50 -0700, (Jim Woodward)
wrote:

Yanmar and Perkins:

We took a Yanmar 4JH2DTE (75hp) around the world, putting about 1,200
hours on it. Ran fine. No problems at all. I would buy another in a
minute if I needed that size, except that we found Mack Boring
difficult on several issues. I think the 4JH2 block has a version at
the upper end of your range....

Perkins. Fintry has a 6-354 for a big DC genset. We're replacing the
gensets with Northern Lights, but keeping the 6-354 for hydraulics,
battery charging, and the fire pump. Nobody in Britain is worried
about Perkins parts for a long time....

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message ...
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:01:34 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

Check out www.perkins.com. I don't think the 4-108 is made anymore as
such, but they are making similar engines. I have a 4-236 (1985) so I am
also concerned about this. A friend has a boat with 2 4-236 engines that
are only 5 years old.

4-108's are still ubiquitous in other applications as well as marine
engines. I wouldn't count on the spare parts supply running out anytime
soon.

Steve

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:48:09 -0400, wrote:

Thanks for the experience.

R.

"Lionheart" has a 4-108M in it that has over 7000 hours on it and will
crank without preheating. Pulling twin alternators, the coldplate
compressor and an Amel Sharki 41' ketch, it runs like a Swiss...er,
ah, English clock.

I met a guy in NC who had one for sale. For $1200 we now have a
complete spare 4-108M and transmission at the shop being cleaned up
for a spare.....a real bargain.....right down to the controls and a
key.... The diesel guys tell me it's one of the finest engines you
can run. I agree, especially the late models with many improvements
including bleeding their water jackets of air themselves....



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?