TWO CYLINDERSAUR #95 sailing plus an engine

[@jamesshepperd4927]

True survivors. Slocum and Melville would be proud.

[@sailorama]

Nowhere near those ranks, but thanks! So glad that you enjoy - really do appreciate it!

[@SailorReba]

Always a treat to see a new Sailorama video pop up!

[@petelane100]

Ravi is a so good at knowing all the esoteric things.

[@theislandpackrat]

Fabulist engines! My last three boats had them in them, Taken care of should last fifty years! When starting if you open to half throttle then push that button with the spring under it at (538) on your video, It should stay down! Thats the choke, It will fire right up! You want that in cold weather or will take forever to start!

[@sailingpopeye8175]

Prehistoric specimen, well done, Congratulations

[@sailorama]

Many thanks! We were looking forward to getting that engine for more than a year.

[@lemarin02]

haha love the little lezard that run away from the steering pedestal when the 2cylindozorus start to spin !

[@sailorama]

That’s great! We didn’t see that. We had to go back and watch...haha

[@rivieramayagaffer]

Glad to see you got our old DinoVolvo running. She was very very good to us; should serve you for years with a little TLC :)

[@sailorama]

Thank you for making it possible!

[@actoraa]

The question marks when Robie was mumbling cracked me up.

[@sailorama]

It cracks me up when I’m editing, just have to pass that feeling along. 😆

[@saylaveenadmearedead]

Robi also injected his dry humor into the mix at various times... such as the archeology comment, lol!!! This is going to be a great inboard... I enjoy re watching as you progress with accumulation of parts and actually going to be sailing soon if all progresses as planned....

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

Not only a talented fisherman but he understands diesel engines, too

[@sailorama]

He understands the engine to get the fish. 😆

[@carolinabeacher1558]

is that starter also the generator? thats a really cool old engine. good that robbie is so handy, a person could learn a lot from him.

[@graeme-sailingskeptic]

Engine runs good!

[@sailorama]

Yeah, seems so. Nothing went flying, haha.

[@wildnorthadventures]

Right on guys👍🏽

[@marievictoire1939]

MD2B the levers are separate useful for hand starting flick one then when that fires the other. Ours ran on raw seawater for years without a problem.

[@mngbennett]

Thumbs up indeed! Great to hear her run. I spent the weekend with my engine mounts too. I converted the Catamaran to an outboard so I am cutting out the mounts to have more space for a water tank. Hi to Choco.

[@sailorama]

Good luck with your project as well. Love the idea of taking that oily, rusty engine place and turning it into a water tank!

[@mngbennett]

@@sailorama Yeah. Everything mechanical is hanging off the back now. Between that and the composting toilet the boat has never smelled better.

[@Escapetosea]

You won’t have much compression till you sling some oil up on the cylinder walls. Hot tip open throttle 1/4 and depress the the little brass “cold start button” it should stay down till the engine fires. I find it quite easy to hand crank my md2b affectionately known as HULK. Cheers! Old iron forever!

[@sailorama]

Thanks for this tip! That's awesome - indeed, there's magic in old iron.

[@owensjosh1]

Impressed by your skills, as always

[@sailorama]

Cheers! Constant learning...

[@lonniestutler313]

Now I have to look at my motor. Do I need to make a heat exchanger? One more thing on this list. Oh well this year is solar install time I am putting a 10k system at home then 2 more locations. Plus the boat. My supplier makes RV panels. I was in his warehouse last weekend and got a good look at his setup. 3 machines running and 3 more to get going. That's a lot of money. Your new motor is sweet. Glad to see it fire right up.

[@NikonFM2n]

That was great. I'm happy for you guys.

[@bryrensexton4618]

👍!!!..looking forward to more engine fun!

[@sailorama]

Looking forward to moving again! Thanks for watching the adventure!

[@horstkotte6114]

Doesn't sound too bad. A friend of mine has more or less the same engine, just much more smokey. Still runs though. Some old Volvos are just rebadged perkins, might be a source for more affordable and available parts. If I remember correctly the decompression levers are for crank start, you crank like crazy with both open and then pop them both. The ginormous flywheel has enough inertia... Also the valves and the decompression are adjustable / need to be checked.

[@daveamies5031]

What was wrong with the old yellow engine? for a heat exchanger you can just run some steel pipes down the hull beside the keel, crude but effective and you can anti-foul paint it.

[@nealchristensen1793]

Always a great adventure ! Finely doing things for your home ha ! New used engine great fun ! Thanks

[@shahntv]

That engine looks very simple and easy to maintain. Do they still make parts for it?

[@sailorama]

Some parts are kind of universal (the coupler and mounts for example) while other parts are going to be a treasure hunt (the heat exchanger and the exhaust elbow - ended up building a custom elbow at a welding shop for our previous boat Rossa's old engine in the end).

[@miker7808]

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