Replacing Your Boat's Engine

by Westin, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781408132944
• ISBN10: 140813294X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-15
• Publisher: Adlard Coles

Summary

The first in a series of highly practical, hands on, step-by-step photographic manuals, Replacing Your Boat's Enginefills a gap in the market for the DIY boat builder and repairer. It is a subject covered only in piecemeal fashion by the yachting press, which, like general boat repair manuals, can't go into the level of detail Mike Westin does. This is a visual, hand-holding guide, dwelling on the details as it explains each procedure rather than focussing on the theory (which is relegated to an appendix, for those who wish to go further).

Author Biography

Mike Westin is a marine journalist and in his spare time a DIY boat repairer. He has owned and worked on a variety of boats, both power and sail, and so is fully in tune with what boat builders and repairers need to know when taking on projects of this nature.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Replacing a boat's engine	p. iv
Roobarb, the project boat	p. vi
A New or Rebuilt Engine?	p. 1
The first steps	p. 2
Focus: Disadvantages of old engines	p. 6
What do the experts say?	p. 7
Focus: Understanding fuel consumption and torque	p. 11
Taking Out the Old Engine	p. 14
The big lift	p. 15
Focus: Painting with two-part paint	p. 17
Step-by-step	p. 18
The New Engine Bed	p. 24
The tricky engine bed	p. 25
Focus: Alternative methods	p. 30
Step-by-step	p. 33
Tanks & Fuel Systems	p. 40
Fuel for thoughts	p. 41
Focus: Low sulphur/sulphur diesel	p. 46
Focus: Cleaning fuel tanks	p. 47
Focus: Ordering a stainless steel tank	p. 48
Focus: CE-rules for permanently installed diesel tanks	p. 49
Step-by-step	p. 50
Propellers & Stern Gear	p. 54
Propulsion	p. 55
Step-by-step	p. 60
Shaft couplings	p. 64
Focus: Selecting the right propeller	p. 66
Focus: Different types of propellers	p. 68
Focus: Shaft seals	p. 70
Engine mountings	p. 72
Propeller pullers	p. 74
Bilge Pumps and Filters	p. 75
The pumps that save the boat	p. 76
Focus: Quick-release for the sea water pump	p. 80
Step-by-step	p. 82
The pumps onboard Roobarb	p. 87
Focus: Fuel filters	p. 89
Sound, Air, Power & Fire	p. 90
Quiet(er) at last	p. 91
Step-by-step	p. 98
Focus: What's in a fire extinguisher?	p. 106
Insulation materials	p. 108
Vacuum valves.	p. 109
Alignment, Test Start & Sea Trial	p. 110
How straight is straight enough?	p. 111
Focus: Lessons learned, knowledge gained	p. 117
Step-by-step	p. 118
Focus: Warranty	p. 123
References	p. 125
Tools and equipment	p. 125
Engine Buying Guide	p. 127
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