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Another cause of sooting in smaller diesels is dirty injectors. Any diesel specialty shop that rebuilds injectors can pop test injectors. i had that done at 1000 hours on my 8.0BTD Westerbeke. The process is to pump solvent thru the injectors to see when they open and to visualize tge spray...

I made a tool out of about 1/4" aluminum flat bar wiah a small crook bent into the end of it. It fit behind the alternator boay and if you losen t he belt adjustment nut on the alternatos mount, you could move t he alternator out a just enough to tighten the belt, hold it in place with the...

I used mineral spirits to clean the Airsep filter elements ……..for 26 years on my 450DA and never had an issue. I suppose Brakekleen or a more volatile solvent like lacquer thinner might work, but we have no idea what cement the filters were assembled with, so I chose mineral spirits followed...

I have been around diesel powered 370, 380,400, 410. 450 and 460 Sundancers and owned, operated and maintained a 450DA for 26 years, all with under water exhaust outlets, and I have never seen or heard of one ingesting water thru the exhaust outlet. The reason is primarily because of the...

Caterpillar had Sea Ray fill the engines with the amount of oil they considered as full, then each dipstick was marked at that amount of oil by scribing the full mark with a file. That is why Tom's comment is meaningful. As far as actual oil consumption goes I ran about 1650 hours on a pair of...

Well, I ain't Bueller, but here is my red-neck opinion on the pilot light question. 1. If you operate the Glendinning as instructed, and advance the stbd throttle to the wot stop right after you energize the Glendinning sync control with the Sync switch to remove the cable load from...

Think twice before selling the clamshell vent covers. These vents were designed and built for Sea Ray. The company that made them was a small plastic shop in Lebanon, Tennessee. They went out of business in about 2010 and the molds were destroyed, so there will be no more in the parts pipeline...

As you study those power and fuel curves, keep in mind that Cats 3126's will run at 2800rpm but Caterpillar's recommended cruise speed is 2400rpm. That means your fuel burn at cruise is about 20gph compared to fuel useage in the mid to high 30's gph with gas engines. The 340AJ has huge 5-6"...

It can be done…..I worked with a professional sign painter who works with gold leaf. Online vinyl lettering kits probably won't get you the look you want.

After Hurricane Michael in 2018, it was about 3 years before there were any slips in the area that were wide enough to accomodate a 14ft beam. I was fortunate………my boat was inside the only un damaged storage barn and the only damage was to to roof on our slip. The effect of t he hurricane and...

Thanks, Carter. We are in Tennessee this week well away from the storms on the coast. The Marina has suffered significant damage and it appears some customer and several new boats owned by Marine Max were damaged. The marina had just finished about a $10.0 mil building program and some of the...

The crancase vent pipe on the older AirSeps was just sawed off and removed from the boat. The older AirSeps came with a fitting that was just inserted into the corregated black vent hose and secured with a hose clamp. Since the black corregared hose carries crancase fumes and some oil vapor it...

Sea Ray has never sold seat skins for larger boats. The 58DB has been out of production and the production line has been converted to making only 40' and smaller cruisers. That means that they have liquidated all remaining parts and vinyls for the yacht class boats……. usually to Flounder Pounder...

I posted this in 10/2022 after taking the time to go to Nashville and meet with their Fluids folks: http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/official-caterpillar3116-3126-thread.102850/page-145#post-1430801 I learned that Cat no longer thinks that the additives used in most Multiviscosity...

The question I would ask, or determine by looking in the recovery tank, is what coolant was in the engine when it was test fired by the rebuilder. The 3116 block is cooled by antifreeze, not water but the heat exchanger, the transmission oil cooler, the large lines connecting them, the seawater...

That seem to be a new service. I asked about it after I had to replace one Aetna. They declined to do it then, stating it was an expensive process. Just be sure you ask the cost before committing. Frank

Aetna has an excellent technical service department. Suggest you call them and I'd bet they can talk you thru a simple solution.

I replaced mine about 2 years ago with a SeaFire replacement. I worked thru my local Sea Ray dealer and they hooked me up with a contact at SeFire that sole the replacement to me directly at a reasonable price. The new bottle is a bit larger and required adjusting the mounting bracket a bit...

This was my conclusion, after spending several days trying to muddle thru the various Cat publications I posted this on CSR in October, 2022: I'm not offended and am not in a position to argue since this can of worms Caterpillar have given us can be confusing. I Just hope this doesn't add to...

I use Cat ELC in all of my diesel powered equipment. I buy all the ELC from Thompson Caterpillar in Lavergne (Nashville), TN. Over the last 20 years, I have bought at least 4 differenet ELC part numbers from the Cat store. Cat changes part numbers every time they change the packaging. Just be...