[C38] PhD?
Don Strong
drstrong at ucdavis.edu
Tue Feb 28 13:21:58 EST 2012
PhD? Doesn't that mean "piling it higher and deeper"?
On 2/28/12 10:20 AM, Larry Malmberg wrote:
> I too have a PHD, it's in Life from the University of Hard Knocks.
> LOL Actually if I wanted to spend the bucks I could get mine in
> Theology from the Universal Life Church too. LOL
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> *From:* listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] *On Behalf Of *Don Strong
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:01 AM
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] a nest of academics!
>
> Yes, certainly! As I said, there are four of us: Joe Launie, Chuck
> Finn, Julian Adams, and moi. We are the academic C38 co-conspirators
> cabal.
> And yes, the second. Ya want small classes, take mathy ones.
> D
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> On 2/28/12 9:54 AM, Joseph Launie wrote:
>> Don,
>> I happen to be a Professor Emeritus of Finance and Risk
>> Management at California State University, Northridge. I have my PhD
>> in Financial Economics from UCLA. Among other things at CSUN I taught
>> insurance. When I got there, students flocked to the course thinking
>> it would be Mickey Mouse. After they discovered that my research
>> interests were Collective Risk Theory, Decision Making under
>> Uncertainty and Chaos, the numbers dropped a bit. Joe Launie/Macavity
>>
>> On 2/28/2012 6:16 AM, Don Strong wrote:
>>> Julian: Wow, how cool! Four academics in the C38 club that I know
>>> of! And now you, an Aggie not to mention an evolutionary biologist;
>>> how small is this world! My son got his master's in applied
>>> statistics at Ann Arbor a couple of years ago. Go Blue! (UCD
>>> athletics have gone downhill since you were here).
>>> Sorry to be so ignorant of Universal diesels. From what the others
>>> have said, it seems that the Universal throttle should be adjusted
>>> to have the slow end so low that it is effectively a stop switch. I
>>> can do that with my Yanmar, but it makes idling when cold a
>>> difficult proposition, especially for anyone who is not "one with
>>> the diesel" I must replace my throttle cable, it is old and hard to
>>> work.
>>> Regards, Don
>>> http://www.eve.ucdavis.edu/stronglab/
>>>
>>> On 2/28/12 5:56 AM, Julian Adams wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Don. Well you anticipated my query. I know that other
>>>> boats have a stop lever, but mine (I have Universal 5424 engine)
>>>> does not. I had always thought that that second stop lever was for
>>>> compression release. Every so often I cannot stop the engine by
>>>> pressing down on the throttle lever so that's when I go down below
>>>> open up the engine compartment and lift the compression release
>>>> lever. So what is the stop lever connected to if it is not the
>>>> compression release?
>>>> Julian
>>>>
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>>>> Julian Adams
>>>> Professor of Molecular, Cellular and
>>>> Developmental Biology, and of
>>>> Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
>>>> University of Michigan
>>>> 830 N. University, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1048
>>>> Tel. (734)-763-3431; Fax (734)-647-0884;
>>>> E-mail julian at umich.edu <mailto:julian at umich.edu>
>>>>
>>>> ****************************************************************************
>>>>
>>>> *From:*Don Strong [mailto:drstrong at ucdavis.edu]
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2012 4:03 PM
>>>> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [C38] stop switch
>>>>
>>>> Dear Julian: My Yanmar has two levers on the bow end, starboard
>>>> side of the engine. One is the throttle, and the other is what
>>>> Yanmar calls the "stop lever."
>>>> Both are connected by cables to the cockpit. Pill on the cable for
>>>> the stop in the cockpit, and the engine stops instantly. If the
>>>> cockpit cable freezes up, as it did before I replaced the cable,
>>>> the engine can be stopped by pushing on the stop lever on front of
>>>> the engine.
>>>> The compression release is used for just what Chuck suggests. I
>>>> also used it once when the manifold bolts broke, which resulted in
>>>> exhaust water shooting into the exhaust ports. I killed the
>>>> engine, opened the compression releases, squirted diesel into each
>>>> cylinder, and turned the engine over with the battery. No harm
>>>> resulted to the engine from this potential disaster. We replaced
>>>> the bolts and running again in two hours. If it had been a gas
>>>> engine, I would have had to remove the spark plugs to clear any
>>>> water from the cylinders.
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>>>> On 2/27/12 12:49 PM, Chuck Finn wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We stop our engines by starving them of fuel. The reason diesel
>>>> engines don't have spark plugs is cylinder compression is high
>>>> enough to cause the fuel to begin and sustain combustion. The
>>>> decompression lever simply lowers the compression pressure in the
>>>> cylinders and is generally used to help turn over our engines when
>>>> it is very cold or the battery is low. It can be used in an
>>>> emergency to shut down the diesel, but this leaves fuel in the
>>>> cylinders (not good) and causes hot gases to blow by the partially
>>>> opened valves. While this probably does not hurt once in a while,
>>>> I believe it would hurt your valve seats, guides, etc. in the long
>>>> run. Besides the fact you are mucking up your engine!
>>>>
>>>> If you are having trouble starving the engine, you need to adjust
>>>> your throttle linkage.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps!
>>>> Chuck Finn
>>>> Mighty Quinn #114
>>>> Great Lakes
>>>>
>>>> On 2/27/2012 12:06 PM, Julian Adams wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I note the Service manual says that you must not use the
>>>> decompression lever to stop the engine -- saying it causes serious
>>>> damage to the exhaust valves. I've used it many times -- is
>>>> this really a problem. What does it do to the Exhaust valves? (and
>>>> what is it for anyway?)
>>>> Julian Adams
>>>>
>>>> *From:*Steve Smolinske [mailto:SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 26, 2012 5:59 PM
>>>> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [C38] head gasket
>>>>
>>>> http://www.marinedieseldirect.com/universal/200157/universal-owners-manual-caution-statements.html
>>>>
>>>> Universal engine manuals online
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> *From:*listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
>>>> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org>
>>>> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org]
>>>> <mailto:[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org]> *On Behalf Of
>>>> *PAUL NOTTE
>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:36 AM
>>>> *To:* listserve at catalina38.org <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
>>>> *Subject:* [C38] head gasket
>>>>
>>>> I need to change the head gasket on Impulse and I'm looking for a
>>>> free repair manual , has anyone found one on the net ?
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> Impulse
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Donald R. Strong
>>>> Professor
>>>> Dept. of Evolution and Ecology
>>>> University of California, Davis 95616
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>>> Dept. of Evolution and Ecology
>>> University of California, Davis 95616
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