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Free boating lesson engine room maintenance, pay now save later, boat cooling system explained and what parts I am looking at with boat training Captain Paul. Getting that boat ready for Americas great loop and beyond. Keeping your boat engine cool is one of the best ways to save money in the long run when buying an older trawler boat.

[@user-fn3cs2sl2i]

THANKYOU,THANKYOU, THANKYOU. Awesome information for me as a hopefully one day boat owner. I subscribed in hopes of seeing more good TECH Tips. truly answer some questions for me as I am a Retired Military Diesel Mech and want to learn these conversions. I believe the Drive train is the most important part of any equipment! Thanks for sharing.

[@sixmagpies]

All good stuff. However, as an M.S., I'd say the MOST important fundamental element in providing reliability in any marine engine must be a gravity fed (self-replenishing or otherwise "day tank") fuel system. It's a legal or insurance requirement on anything bigger than, I think 25m, but really just as important, if not more so, on auxiliary engine installations. In short, if even after weeks of standing, the engine does not start on the very first revolution, then there is a design error in the fuel system. Any churning whatsoever indicates a problem.

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Thanks for sharing

[@craigc.7033]

That's all work for my wife. I drive the boat and drink the beer.

[@timgreen4137]

What a great life that you have!!!

[@dadyo63]

1st thing you point out is called the headertank the other thing after the raw oil cooler is called a heat exchanger

[@davida877]

Nice work Captain Paul - And document what has been done and when and what needs to be changed etc Regards

[@dianeassell6530]

Great information thanks so much Paul!

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

My pleasure!

[@jetlag4754]

Great information even for those of us that have gas engines. Preventative maintenance sure saves a lot of headaches.

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Yes it does!

[@EllwoodSunnell]

Very well explained.

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bill31820]

I appreciate the walkthrough. good stuff!

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joejohnson307]

Always good info capt, much appreciated. You always stress the need to change out the coolers and heat exchanger when buying a boat with lemans if there isn’t any logs, receipts, documentation which would support recent replacement/ maintenance. I have finally finalized a contract to purchase a 1972 Grand Banks 36 classic woodie🎉🥳🎉🥳 twin Lemans, boat has almost every component replaced, complete rewire, in anticipation of doing the inland passage from Seattle area to Alaska. As soon as I arrive I will order all coolers and a spare, new heat exchangers(send the old ones to radiator shop for spares) hose kits from American diesel and of course lots of zincs, impellers, spare alternator/starter as we plan to live on the hook up in the PNW year round. Again thanks for your maintenance vids.

[@doncritzer2798]

I have a 1969 woody I love it

[@joejohnson307]

@@doncritzer2798 so good to hear, thank you for checking in, bit more to keep fresh as far as the wood goes, but I’ll have plenty of time fulltime on board to keep things ship shape. Looking forward to upgrading systems over time and making her look good. Been a dream for some years, what better way to spend retirement

[@joejohnson307]

👍🏼@@doncritzer2798 added to the shopping list

[@richardbastin3647]

Have a commercial fishing troller, keel coolers, dry exhaust much simpler and generally trouble free

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Thanks for the tip!

[@jeffsnider3588]

Interesting that in the image of the raw water pump the street ell has "LEE" cast in it's side. There was a brass foundry adjacent to me that for many years made these fitting, the company was Lee Brass named after the two brothers that organized it.

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Very cool 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MTN_mtn]

Love these engine room videos!

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Glad you like them!

[@marklortie4681]

Thank you good advice 😊

[@bnkwupt]

Informative video, Paul.

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@matui6983]

D-series or Dover (Lehman marinized) series Ford engine owners should seriously look into the marine cooling gear made here in NZ. Lose those raw-water pumps for the ones we have been running since the 70's. Replace the horrific combined inlet and exhaust alloy manifold for a galvanised steel version. And our heatexchangers have the separate engine and gearbox coolers bolted to it. So much tidier plumbingwise and cooling is improved. All coolers take the same o-rings, same anodes and all 3 coolers are serviceable on the boat. Plus fit a glass bowl to the first engine mounted fuel filter.

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Thanks 🙏

[@coopermarc6300]

You have not much choice but to look for Alternative marinisation parts , Lehman Closed down over 20 years ago, I was an Agent and still have a few parts if anyone Needs them

[@coopermarc6300]

I see you are by looking at a Ford 2700 series diesel engine, a fine unit, re-build many of them

[@lesterwicklein717]

good stuff as usual thanks

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AlaskanInsights]

heat exchangers are crazy price nowadays. last raw water pump was nearly 300 and that was a couple years ago.

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Prices have gone up for sure

[@user-ru7jh5df9z]

You didn't seem too concerned about the thermostat- I know they're very basic devices that just expand and contract with temperature, but how often, if ever, do you bother with those items (thermostats)?

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Yes it should be changed, the owner is aware of that

[@ChrisGoosman]

New to this, but I'm guessing that the good ground connections to the various coolers are so that the zincs can do their job preventing corrosion? Am I close?

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Stop electrolysis. Want all components sitting at the same potential. Those components are isolated via rubber lines.

[@jimmydcricket5893]

Header tank n heat exchanger.

[@johnmartin2079]

Are you sponsored by American diesel?

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

No I am not 🙏

[@jimgalligan50]

Are you a certified diesel mechanic?

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Yes I am actually, graduated from UTI many years ago. I did it for several years but didn’t really like it.

[@FodayYillah-li8lt]

Foday Yillah 👍

[@tmac709]

Some excellent information.

[@Maximus.K]

First one, Best regards from Germany Bavaria. KZbin. Trawler refit Swetlana

[@NoRegretsLifestyle]

Thank you very much!

[@fodayyillah9142]

Foday Yillah 👍