http://youtu.be/haq98HHSHzg
That's a hell of a job! :notworthy
Just shows what you can do with the right tools.
Remember to pull the dipstick before you hit the key, people!
Remind me to tell the "Press the Green button" story one day ......
Outstanding job :thumbsup Caught a view of the piston & sleeve around 5:00 , looks like an overgrown Detroit diesel .
Lets hear it now.
I hope they were sitting down when they got the bill for that
That was a "entry level Diesel. Here is the senior model! http://jalopnik.com/watch-how-they-assemble-the-worlds-most-powerful-diese-1537731918
It's only money and labor!
Nice! Thanks for sharing. +1 for the "Press the Green Button" story
I thought of this when Cmark made his comment about checking the oil before starting in post #4 above. I didn't know then (but do now) that large marine diesels like the one in the Youtube clip generally have quite a lengthy startup process, usually controlled by an electronic PLC system. First the cylinder drains are opened and the engine is turned over for 5 minutes to pump any accumulated coolant out of the cylinders (head gaskets ALWAYS leak), at the same time the external oil pump is lubing the crankshaft. After that the coolant pumps start up, followed by the fuel circulation system, the heavy fuel oil (HFO) heaters come on line, and lastly compressed air is supplied directly on to the top of the pistons controlled by an extra lobe on the camshaft for each cylinder, hopefully after all this she fires up.....the process probably takes about 10 minutes in total - quick it ain't. OK, now picture this. A large number of years ago - big cargo ship in port for only 48 hours and we have to do a major repair on one of the auxiliary generator sets in the engine room. Major pressure to get the job done on time. So we get to work, our progress being watched over by the ship's engineers who unfortunately didn't have English as a first language. Not to say they didn't speak a bit, but communcation was "iffy" at best. Their accent when attempting to speak English was best described as something very similar to the Swedish chef from the Muppet Show...... bork bork chicken, etc. Well after the job was done, the set was tested, and everything was signed off one of the mechanics got talking to the 2nd Engineer and out of curiosity asked exactly how they started the main diesel engine because all the time we had been working on the ship the main propulsion engine had been stopped. What he was looking for was a technical explanation of the process (see above). 2nd Eng: "I don' unnerstand zee kwestion" ..... (you have to imagine the accent) Mech: "OK, let's try something different. Right now the main engine is not functioning, correct..?" 2nd Eng: "Yesssss......" (*** is this foreigner on about..?) Mech: "So if the engine is not functioning right now and you want it to function how do you do that..?" 2nd Eng: "We press zee Green Botton"........ One of those stories where you really had to be there ......
Well that is probably all they knew! And to stop the engine "We press zee Red Botton!"
"Walking ignition key"
Ever seen a portable ship engine type crankshaft journal grinder? Fun to use, just climb inside & go to work!
That's an excellent video! Looks like a crack on the crank shart, at the drive flange. Zyglo pink crack on white developer.
Shows what you can do with the right *people*, ;-> , good mechanics! You Tube linked the crankshaft repair video above to some right-hand-column videos of the mohammadan ship-breakers in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Miserable people wrecking ships. The repair video shows something good about the relative value of knowledge and skill. Where the value comes from...