[C38] PhD?

Steve Smolinske SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com
Tue Feb 28 13:32:17 EST 2012


Throughout my life others have attached some very  colorful letters to
my name J

 

 

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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Don Strong
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:22 AM
To: Larrypi at roadrunner.com; Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] PhD?

 

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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[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

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
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                           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
 
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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-manu
al-caution-statements.html

Universal engine manuals online

Steve

From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of PAUL NOTTE
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:36 AM
To: 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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