[C38] YANMAR 3GM installed, 1994

[Don Strong]

12k, San Francisco

On 6/17/11 3:17 PM, Max Soto wrote:
> Well, the engine works...Perhaps, I just want to believe that it 
> doesn't so I can get a bigger one!!  LOL
>
> I'm going next week with a spare temp meter and I'm planning to take 
> out the manifold and reinstall the cap, also planning to service 
> theexhaust flange on it, since one of the bolts is broken....the, I 
> will start it and see how it works... If it is ok, I have two choices, 
> buy another engine, and sell the old one in working condition, or 
> overhaul it and keep it (cheaper!), but if I sell it, I may recover 
> some of the money spent on the new engine......
>
> It depends on the price of the other engines....   How does  $3200 
> sounds for a 1997  27hp Yanmar 3GM30 with 572 hours??
> Regards,
>
> Max
>
>
> 2011/6/17 Chuck Finn <charles at finn.ws <mailto:charles at finn.ws>>
>
>     I am with Tom and Paul on this.  The 5424 is an iron horse!  It
>     kind of reminds me of the old John Deere "A" and "B" tractors that
>     would run no matter what you did to them!  As far as I can tell
>     from Max's photos, the lightest, weakest metal in the whole system
>     failed on a solder joint...
>     When these engines overheat, the expansion will allow for some oil
>     leaks, but they might go away after it cools down.  Best case
>     might be a new solder joint, or perhaps a valve cover gasket.
>      Worse might be a head gasket.... or an anchor.
>     What can you lose by filling the cooling system and firing it up?
>      You don't even need to pressurize it to look for blow by, etc.
>
>     Chuck Finn
>     Mighty Quinn  #114
>     Great Lakes
>
>
>
>     On 6/16/2011 8:21 PM, tdtron at earthlink.net
>     <mailto:tdtron at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>         Those were my thoughts also Paul.  Unless the pistons are
>         scuffed the 5424
>         is probably salvageable. Even if the pistons are scuffed, an
>         overhaul on
>         that engine is pretty easy once you get the #$%^ out of the boat.
>
>         The main problem overhauling a Universal diesel is the price
>         of parts.  If
>         you use Kobota parts it brings down the price to just incredibly
>         ridiculously expensive instead of the much higher Zimbabwe
>         like pricing
>         Universal uses.  I once pulled my cylinder head and wanted a
>         new head
>         gasket.  Back in 1994 the price was over $150 for just a head
>         gasket from
>         Universal.  I reinstalled the old head gasket and it never
>         failed in the
>         following 16 yrs of service.
>
>         I'd hate to have to replace something expensive like a real part!
>
>         Tom Troncalli
>
>
>
>             [Original Message]
>             From: PAUL NOTTE<panotte at shaw.ca <mailto:panotte at shaw.ca>>
>             To:<listserve at catalina38.org
>             <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>>
>             Date: 6/16/2011 8:03:30 PM
>             Subject: [C38] overheat
>
>             Max are you sure your engine is ( TOAST ) the universal is
>             a tough engine
>
>         , I had one on a 4 wheel drive tractor that I abused for 7,400
>         hours befor
>         I broke it , and then only because of trying to lift something
>         far beyond
>         the capacity of the front loader on the tractor.
>
>             Paul
>
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> Max Soto
> C38 #198 ESTANCIA
> Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Donald R. Strong
Professor
Dept. of Evolution and Ecology
University of California, Davis 95616

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