jwalka51
Captain
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- Newport R.I.
- Boat Make
- 26' Webber Cove lobster boat.
Ok, so I am getting ready to haul my webber cove 26' out for the winter and get started with the re-power/ re-fit that I have been anticipating all season long. As some of you may have read in some of my previous threads, I have purchased a used, 1998 John deere TFM 4045 rated at 150 horses. I also have a twin disc 5050 1.5:1 that will be getting bolted up to her.
I bought the engine used with 15,000 hours on it as a RTO, my friend and I completely disassembled it and sent her to the machine shop. The block was line honed, the crank was re polished and re-sized, connecting rods were re-sized. I bought a new cam shaft and two new balance shafts. The machine shop also installed all new bearings, including all six mains, all the balance shaft bearings and the cam bearings, and they installed the new wet liners.
As far as the head goes, it was decked 0.002", got new valves, seats,springs, basically 100% re-build on the head.
Just got it all back from the shop and started the re-assembly. New pistons, rings, main bolts, lifting rods, lifters, new oil pump, all new bearings and seals on the timing/auxiliary drive gear cluster. All seals and gaskets will be replaced as well as any other incidentals that will be needed to make this a 100% remanufactured engine.
We are hoping to have the long block completely re-assembled by next weekend. Then it will be getting a bomb proof POR-15 paint job and I will bolt all of the accessories on. Then comes the real job of re-configuring my boat with the new engine and gear.
My current power is a 350 gas jobber with 1.9:1 borg warner velvet drive, heat exchanger cooled, wet exhaust. It is positioned forward of the steering bulkhead. The new power will be aft of the steering bulkhead with an engine box over it about 40" long and 32" wide. Of course, this will require some deck modification, so I figure that I may as well just tear the whole deck out. The current deck has soft spots anyways.While it is up, I will be building two below deck lobster/crab tanks Also I think that I will be putting the fuel tank below as well. I currently have a 100 gallon tank under the transom that takes up a lot of space, and I would love to get rid of it and gain some deck space. So you guys will be seeing it for sale soon enough. I should be able to fit a 75 gallon single tank below with no problem. This will also help to center the weight and lower the center of gravity.
I will get some pictures up soon and I am sure that I will be looking around here for some ideas/advice as I encounter little set backs here and there. It will be such a relief to finally get an economical and highly reliable drive train in this boat, and I look forward to the challenge ahead of me. Thanks in advance guys. Over and out.
I bought the engine used with 15,000 hours on it as a RTO, my friend and I completely disassembled it and sent her to the machine shop. The block was line honed, the crank was re polished and re-sized, connecting rods were re-sized. I bought a new cam shaft and two new balance shafts. The machine shop also installed all new bearings, including all six mains, all the balance shaft bearings and the cam bearings, and they installed the new wet liners.
As far as the head goes, it was decked 0.002", got new valves, seats,springs, basically 100% re-build on the head.
Just got it all back from the shop and started the re-assembly. New pistons, rings, main bolts, lifting rods, lifters, new oil pump, all new bearings and seals on the timing/auxiliary drive gear cluster. All seals and gaskets will be replaced as well as any other incidentals that will be needed to make this a 100% remanufactured engine.
We are hoping to have the long block completely re-assembled by next weekend. Then it will be getting a bomb proof POR-15 paint job and I will bolt all of the accessories on. Then comes the real job of re-configuring my boat with the new engine and gear.
My current power is a 350 gas jobber with 1.9:1 borg warner velvet drive, heat exchanger cooled, wet exhaust. It is positioned forward of the steering bulkhead. The new power will be aft of the steering bulkhead with an engine box over it about 40" long and 32" wide. Of course, this will require some deck modification, so I figure that I may as well just tear the whole deck out. The current deck has soft spots anyways.While it is up, I will be building two below deck lobster/crab tanks Also I think that I will be putting the fuel tank below as well. I currently have a 100 gallon tank under the transom that takes up a lot of space, and I would love to get rid of it and gain some deck space. So you guys will be seeing it for sale soon enough. I should be able to fit a 75 gallon single tank below with no problem. This will also help to center the weight and lower the center of gravity.
I will get some pictures up soon and I am sure that I will be looking around here for some ideas/advice as I encounter little set backs here and there. It will be such a relief to finally get an economical and highly reliable drive train in this boat, and I look forward to the challenge ahead of me. Thanks in advance guys. Over and out.