There's the old Continental Model LDS-465-1A. 600hp Multi Fuel. Miltary
surplus for the most part, you can still buy them pretty cheap. They run on
diesel and use spark plugs. There's a good nuber of them out there
propelling mid size commercial fishing boats still.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
so, base kisser, just *which* diesel engines (as used on longliner fishing
boats) have spark plugs did you say?

base kisser, you stated the engine on the Andrea Gail might well have
had
**ELECTRICAL** ---- PLUGS ---- on its drive engine and the only
diesel
engine
you could name that you felt had **ELECTRICAL PLUGS** was
a --------------
Perkinns -------------- 4-108.

base kisser? do you always have this much trouble trying to read
English?

base kisser, the discussion has always been about the engine in the
Andrea
Gail
(check the headline). so why hell are *you* talking about fishing
from
a
bridge over some fricken' creek?????

Again, stupid, please show where I've ever said anything about the
Andrea Gail and a Perkins diesel.



Again, you stupid ****ing idiot, I NEVER mentioned any particular
diesel engine. Damn it, will you LOOK at the damned posts before
making such dumb statements?

"HLAviation" wrote in message
ink.net...
There's the old Continental Model LDS-465-1A. 600hp Multi Fuel. Miltary
surplus for the most part, you can still buy them pretty cheap. They run
on
diesel and use spark plugs. There's a good nuber of them out there
propelling mid size commercial fishing boats still.

Oh I love this engine and they can be had for a relatively small amount of
money. I actually use a picture of one in a duce and half as my desk top
picture (yea I'm weird). I also have a copy of the military service manual
for the engine. It is actually a descent read (see comment about in
prentices)... I am surprised to hear they are being used in boats. I had
considered this but figured you can't get a marine transmission with a bell
housing that would fit the engine. I wanted to build a nice steel hulled
boat about 35ft with a small front cabin and though two of these would be a
great way to power it. In diesel trim they only produce anywhere from 190
to 230hp so two may be a little more power then what is necessary but it
would sound great. Especially with the turbo chirp that is common with
these engines...

mark

The one that is in the Duece and a half is a smaller motor I think. These
were used in 5 ton plus trucks and track vehicles I think. If I'm not
mistaken they have a standard SAE bobtail.

"rock_doctor" wrote in message
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"HLAviation" wrote in message
ink.net...
There's the old Continental Model LDS-465-1A. 600hp Multi Fuel. Miltary
surplus for the most part, you can still buy them pretty cheap. They run
on
diesel and use spark plugs. There's a good nuber of them out there
propelling mid size commercial fishing boats still.

Oh I love this engine and they can be had for a relatively small amount of
money. I actually use a picture of one in a duce and half as my desk top
picture (yea I'm weird). I also have a copy of the military service
manual
for the engine. It is actually a descent read (see comment about in
prentices)... I am surprised to hear they are being used in boats. I had
considered this but figured you can't get a marine transmission with a
bell
housing that would fit the engine. I wanted to build a nice steel hulled
boat about 35ft with a small front cabin and though two of these would be
a
great way to power it. In diesel trim they only produce anywhere from 190
to 230hp so two may be a little more power then what is necessary but it
would sound great. Especially with the turbo chirp that is common with
these engines...

mark

"HLAviation" wrote in message
ink.net...
The one that is in the Duece and a half is a smaller motor I think. These
were used in 5 ton plus trucks and track vehicles I think. If I'm not
mistaken they have a standard SAE bobtail.

The LDT-465-1C was used in the duce and half from 1967 on to at least the
1970's but I do believe they still are being used but now with White
building the engines instead of Continental (guess Continental is now gone.
It is amazing how many of these engine are still running. I use to work in
a factory that ran generators powered by Hercules engines.). The nicest
engine I have ever seen was in an submarine (the Bowfin which is currently
at Pearl Harbor). Also a Continental diesel, all of the brass was
absolutely stunning.

I appreciate the up date about the bell housing I will look into that... I
don't know about the 5-ton trucks.

mark

harelip, as you stated, those are military engines. Not very good engines, but
designed specificly to be able to use "multi fuels". However, *if* you try to
run them on gasoline you will find they don't run all that long. They really
are diesel engines with spark plugs to make them easier to start in cold
weather by dumping a high level of gas into the diesel fuel. Remember Korea
and the problems the military had with the cold?

harelip? you think the Andrea Gail had a surplus military multi-fuel engine in
it and the writer Sebastian Younger somehow managed to miss that tidbit?

There's the old Continental Model LDS-465-1A. 600hp Multi Fuel. Miltary
surplus for the most part, you can still buy them pretty cheap. They run on
diesel and use spark plugs. There's a good nuber of them out there
propelling mid size commercial fishing boats still.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
so, base kisser, just *which* diesel engines (as used on longliner fishing
boats) have spark plugs did you say?

base kisser, you stated the engine on the Andrea Gail might well have
had
**ELECTRICAL** ---- PLUGS ---- on its drive engine and the only
diesel
engine
you could name that you felt had **ELECTRICAL PLUGS** was
a --------------
Perkinns -------------- 4-108.

base kisser? do you always have this much trouble trying to read
English?

base kisser, the discussion has always been about the engine in the
Andrea
Gail
(check the headline). so why hell are *you* talking about fishing
from
a
bridge over some fricken' creek?????

Again, stupid, please show where I've ever said anything about the
Andrea Gail and a Perkins diesel.



Again, you stupid ****ing idiot, I NEVER mentioned any particular
diesel engine. Damn it, will you LOOK at the damned posts before
making such dumb statements?