Refit
Sub-Freezing Refit Life | Boat Work When Winter Hits Hard Ep. 65 #refit
Sub-zero temperatures hit the refit. Shawn heated small spaces to keep working. Geri stayed warm and recharged. Different strategies, same goal.
Engines
Engines
EP55 – Sailors Maintaining Our Own Yanmar 4JH4-TE Diesel | Step-by-Step Reassembly
Step-by-step reassembly of our Yanmar 4JH4-TE diesel: cleaning, valve adjustment, seal replacement, cooling service, and the details that make an engine reliable offshore.
Maintenance
EP47 - Trying to save the heat exchangers from our aging Yanmar engines | Part 1
Can we save the aging heat exchangers on our Yanmar engines — or are we risking catastrophic failure? In Part 1, we fight corrosion and weigh repair vs replacement.
Engines
Ep44 - Real time update! How much longer will this take?
Ten months into the refit, we've crossed a turning point. The prep is done, the leaks are sealed, and systems start going back in.
Engines
Ep43 - New starters cost $1600. Necessary expense? Yanmar engine maintenance Part 3.
New Yanmar starters can run $800 each. Before spending that, we tore ours down to find out what we actually had. Here's what we found.
Refit
EP41 - Tearing apart our Yanmar 4JH4-TE engines. Major Maintenance Series, Part 2
Welcome to part two of our Major Engine Maintenance Series. It’s time to tear apart our engines! In this episode Shawn removes every hose, hose clamp, and every component. In the process, he discovers completely clogged hoses, significant corrosion, and rusted parts that must be replaced.