mortals cant pay someone for that level of care on a repair, definitely a labour of love.

@kurtolsson9557

20 күн бұрын

Nån har dragit toppskruvarna med mutterdragare vid montering med olja i hålet å sprängt det!

@samrodian919

4 күн бұрын

@@kurtolsson9557that certainly could be the reason for it in the first place. It's a great pity that the 'monkey' with the Hellicoil drill didn't bother with making a drilling jig to get the Hellicoil hole in the right place, but it would have been a poor repair anyway because the original cause cracked the side of the block bolt hole.

Very impressive work. It’s so good to see sound practical engineering actually repair something rather than condemn and replace potentially viable equipment.

I love your honesty Luke, don’t ever change. You are a genius sir! What a way to repair cracked block, well done 👍 sir.

Brilliant repair Luke makes me so happy to see another Dorset live on instead of being scrapped and replaced by a different engine she sounds absolutely lovely im sure she will do you well for many more years

First class Englishman's video that. Clever bloke, great craftsman and no bollocks hype. Thanks.

Nice video and great repair. A helped a friend 20 years ago rebuilding one of his diesel engines in his 38’ Bayliner. While I was working on the engine he pulled the turbo off the one in the boat and didn’t cap all the cooling lines properly. He got a call from the marina the next day that his boat was sitting on the bottom. 🤦‍♂️

What the Pearly Diver needs is a couple of 600hp om606's...built by yours truly..😂😂 great vid..

@bladenrexroth2555

24 күн бұрын

And a jet drive conversion

Oh man, I moved to New Zealand 20 years ago, I could taste that Greg’s sausage roll😆 made me home sick. Love the video, so nice to see someone do things right. Very impressive.

holy crap, man. what a pristine repair/refurb. your attention to detail is unmatched. my hat is off to you, sir. Cheers from Louisiana USA.

Bravo. That's not just a fix, that's actual tender love n care.

This is brilliant. I've a pair of sabres in mine waiting for TLC. What a job you've done. Well jell. Well done.

The care and precision on every single detail! So difficult this days, to find people that works like this! 👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

My favourite motor ever, ran two of these but the 2704etp version with 250hp not 180hp, for thousands of hours of abuse in an offshore fishing boat with zero issues. Honestly absolutely bullet proof motors from what I’ve always seen.

Thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Your preparation, work and finished job are admirable. Like you, I could never leave something I've worked on, looking in a poor state. On oils: use whatever is best for the job, always taking into consideration the bearing metal composition compatibility. If vintage or veteran bearing metals, then period compatibility is essential.

Once again...such a pleasure to watch someone who does not like to induce failures into a repair/rebuild...excellent explanation of your reassembly job.

Words of wisdom & a very practical solution to poorly designed block. Now thats engineering 👍

That is a top repair, one which I doubt a workshop would attempt, especially with the engine still in the boat. Much admiration

Love your attention to detail and cleanliness , that was a really great repair well done .

Great bit of engineering. Agreed on the Nordlock washers, I used them everywhere.

Very nice repair, well done on saving that block. cheers

It’s nice to see a professional at work my compliments 👍👏👏

That was a cracking repair. Top job👌

That was a really good video! I learned alot and appreciate your efforts. You are very skilful.

You deserve 10 out of 10 for that repair. Attention to detail brilliant 👍

@ericdunn555

7 күн бұрын

Nah, deserves at least 11 out of 10 for that; I rarely use the word "awesome" - it's bandied around far too often these days and just as often is unjustified, but Luke, if you read this, that was A W E S O M E in the truest sense of the word.

The King of diesel engines 👍👍👍 Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰

What a superb piece of work, with passion winning out over ease. Hats off to you👍

Luke your now a Marine God , great repair buddy 🤘🤘🤘

brilliant vid ,very well explained .I learnt loads ,thanks a lot. look forward to the next one.

A real pleasure to watch a dedicated professional engineer work

I am a retired diesel mechanic by trade. You are very correct there is to many mechanics out there that don’t take pride in their work. All they think about is how much they can s--w people over. What ever job was done by me I am exactly like you professional job I take pride in the work I do. I do the job once and the customer is very happy with the end result.

Brilliant unique innovative repair with a great detailed description

Nice repair, good solution! Love the copper gasket and press tool too

Always a pleasure seeing you work, great job👍

That definitely “A proper job” thanks for sharing and well done.

Top bit if repair work there. Love the old mermaids.👌

This is wonderful. I could watch this all day

I really enjoyed this. Great ingenuity and quality of work.

Excellent engineering well done. I'm in my mid 70's now,I'll tell you a little story of how much I know about boats.A friend of mine bought a cabin cruiser on the river Nene,it had seen a rough life so he asked me if I would make some cabinets to fit the boat.Well I said of course I'll help you.On the first day of the job I turned up on time to start the job.I was up to my ears in wood all over the place,I carried on working away,I could hear quite a few of my mates boaty people laughing on the key side.Curiosity got the better of me so I climbed out of the boat to be greeted by piss taking applauds.The leader of the boating club,I think they called him Commador said " One finds a spirit level whilst doing this kind of work whilst on the river to be somewhat useless"

@samrodian919

4 күн бұрын

Oh that's priceless!

The first ever video of yours I’ve watched - absolutely loved it. You have some really fantastic skills and knowledge. I’m off to watch your whole back catalogue of videos

Well done Luke for doing a great job I am a boat owner with a princess 470 flybridge I do must of my own repairs to but if I ever needed a good Boat Mechanic I would like to find somebody as good as you are. Cheers for posting 👍

Amazing workmanship. Very impressive.

Very impressive repair Luke, applaud your engineering technique and knowledge you pass on to us mortals 😊 👍

WOW, so skilled and knowledgeable. Thanks for the great video!

Cyril, sadly departed was the go to guy at Lancing when i had my turbo four, it is a breath of fresh air to see a task done with care and detail.👌👍

@DieselPumpUK

Күн бұрын

@@myface694 Cyril was the name of the chap that owned mermaid marine during the Dorset/dover years. Different place different company Mike bellomy was the chap your referring to at Lancing and yes he passed this winter.

Great job. pleasure to watch your vlogs. 🙌🙌🙌

Hello from Moosomin,Saskatchewan you have great videos and great at communicating. Thanks for sharing

That is impressive work and a neat solution to a potentially massive expense. Well done getting it all sorted on site. I do all my own boat work and most jealous of all the specialized back room skills and equipment. If you supply all those bits I will forward details to a a pal of mine that has two of those stoves in. Kent based Nelson.

@DieselPumpUK

23 күн бұрын

Yes I have all sorts for them

Very impressive and good workmanship.

Toolmaker doing the diesel fitting, the best boat KZread, thank you..

Really well filmed and explained. If only all how to vids were done this well. And you are 100% right about studs and Nord-lock washers being well worth it.

Love how refreshingly straight forward he is 😅

This is an no-handbook, advanced mechanical engineering repair! Engine could be a scrapper but excellent ingenuity saves it!! Well done!!!

A good bodge is a real skill, and an art! Well done you, it's a pleasure to see. Shame you can't market the head studs, they are a proper upgrade especially with the fine threads at the nut end you've probably got 50% more clamping force on the head gasket for the same torque wrench setting now.

No wonder you guys developed the mighty RR Merlin motor and won two wars, your attention to detail, knowledge and execution were meticulous. First time viewer and now subscriber, loved this video, absolutely spot on repair done once, done right, very nice with awesome outcome

@yvonnedunn1555

18 күн бұрын

A privilege to see. You are an inspiration. Thank you. Essex.

Hobbyist ha, you’re a hero. Great video again and glad to see a good engine saved. Keep it up your one of the very few with the know how, equipment and enthusiasm for this work and best of all you share it with us and make the parts available to others. Keep it up.

Congratulations, when i see your work, I feel like someone still knows how to work conscienciously. Keep going !

First time watching. I learned a boat load, and love that copper gasket with the raised parts, to seal the head better. See you next time!

That was a lot of fun to watch! Great engineering solution

Well done, that was a proper repair! We had similar engines in CSB boats and they were run for four hours inside a test tank flat out whilst moored via a dynamometer. Head gasket leaks were common and if found the engine was refused for service and sent back to be redone. . I spent many hours setting them up sitting between the two engiones running full chat. Ford should have used studs rather than the 1964 Fordson Major tractor head bolts which were designed for 50 bhp. I am not sure how many bhp the Army versions were but no more could be had....they were tuned to the limit of the turbo. The army versions often come up at ex arrmy sales. They are usually completely rebuilt, boxed and then put up for sale.

@EightBallFlyer

13 күн бұрын

As soon as he started it up I could hear a Ford lorry in my mind! I never knew Ford made boat and generator engines. Nice job. 👍💯🇬🇧

@anthony1636

11 күн бұрын

@@EightBallFlyer Ford did not build Marine engines. They were basically truck engines marinised by different companies.

@EightBallFlyer

8 күн бұрын

@@anthony1636 Thanks. Got it. Hence the Dorset and Dover connection. 👍✔

Brilliant work. When I was younger, I had a Halvorson Island Gypsy with Lehmans. My mechanic and I got on fine, but his boss billed extraordinarily!! I changed shipyard... I loved the old girl. I got sick of redoing her varnish. Like you, we did mechanical repairs the right way, with no cut corners. It was a labour of love indeed, but age creeps, so she has now gone to others. Top effort, great video... thanks and enjoy your vessel.

Proper job mate. We used to use Belzona Supermetal for thread and casting repairs. It would have been good for filling the small gaps between your piece and the block. All the best.

A man in pursuit of quality. Sadly all too rare these days. Terrific job.

Remove engine & rebuild with new parts on a engine stand, KZread is full of it! Using your head, making a solid robust work around! Separates the boys from the men! 💪I subscribed from this video! Great video, and thank you so much for putting this on KZread. 👍

Excelent repair. I spent a lot of my life repairing engines but I noticed @ 24.34min it looked like a couple of valve springs look to be installed upside down. the tight windings normaly go to the head . it will still run fine, I pulled a lot of engines apart that had the springs mixed up after being repaired by other people. but your block repair has impresed me beyond belief. Cheers & great work. you have a great talent.

So much love for engines, this guy is a fantastic mechanic. Funny that i never heared the full synthetic oil hoax story. I put it in all old engines. The only modern thing you do not want in old systems is modern brake fluids in a system of a old car if you are not sure the seals are replaced for modern ones. As soon as all seals are replaced the newer stuff is always better.

Amazing job! most would have given up and run around on one engine whilst saving up for a replacement engine. Just a note on fully synthetic oil (you knew it was coming) for flat tappet engines, a higher zinc content is recommended, fully synthetics oils are normally low zinc blends and therefore not recommended for flat tappet engines.

really enjoyed it, i love seeing somebody fix something, a lot of people replace things

I dropped on this man’s work shop the other week whilst out on a job. This is absolutely nothing compared to what they do. Quality work ❤

🚨CAUTION: 🚨 Genius at work Chapeau, Luke, chapeau - that was simply freakin' AWESOME in the truest sense of the word. I bow to your incredible knowledge & skill, planning & implementation. Gobsmacked is the word I think I'm looking for.

Fantastic engineering and repair

Excellent video and repair, very enjoyable, i hope the other engine doesn't get jealous!

From the states……awesome job indeed.

Brilliant difficult repair, 10/10 well done.👍👍👍

That was a damn sexy repair and an equally sexy finished job. Subscribed!

Lovely repair. For studs into blind holes I usually turn end few mm to root of thread so definitely bottoms in bottom of hole, rather than maybe gauling threads at bottom.

Top job Luke mate. I worked on these 2700 range engines many moons ago, some with very heavy site usage. Never really had any head gasket problems. Also I have used in the past helicoils with success as always it depends on the person fitting them. However I do like the inserts you used they seem much better quality and as you say studs are always a better engineering design for this application. I had a pair of 150s engines in my boat smoke always a killer.

Fantastic to watch a proper engineer at work! I enjoyed that way more than I should have!!

That is actually the Heart and Soul of Marine Engineering . Great Job ! Doing " work arounds " to keep Century Old mechanisms and Engines and Gear-drives etc ....... serviceable .

I was all set up to see some in situ cast iron welding...... Beautiful repair..... Rewarding to watch a true professional share his wisdom and experience..

Great video and so nice to see a good engineer who doesn't cut corners !

Thanks for taking the time to do this video. Watching you work motivated me to change my MX3 gearbox in the middle of winter...

I have repaird the same Ford engine,all original mend to be in a tractor,and notist that the dieselpump is not beiing old from the engines oil pressure,but must the level be checked by hand,dont forget this............................Great repair ,greetings from Holland.

Really nice boat....I like those cabin cruisers. Well worth your time to fix her up. Well done.

great repair and knowledge ... i live on a canal boat with a 1970 lister 3 cylinder ive had to rebuild while in water im due to come out to get to the bottom end it is in good condition but would rather get to the rest of it ....

The most clever man in Britain. Well done.

a lovely rebuild thank you so much for videoing it and your honesty is outstanding and could very well save a lot of people money whilst at sea

Absolutely great video, Thats a very substantial repair, should give good service.

That was a fantastic job, I had a large twin engine boat and had to do a few repairs like that. Great job 👏

Such a good sense of humour 😂😂😂

A superb video Luke. Spot on spannering with some piss funny humour to boot. Great stuff. :)

Came for an expected 606 swap stayed for the Dorset journey. Brilliant.

Top work in saving the Ford Mermaid! It would have been interesting to see you putting two Merc OM606 Turbo engine blocks in!

My family had a 1979 Birchwood 29’ on the Thames, it had two Mermaid inboard diesel engines, 4 cylinder marinised BMCs. All the Princess boats I saw seemed to all have Volvo Penta engines so seeing Mermaid Ford engines is a treat ! Why are we not seeing two OM606 engines going in ? I scour KZread regularly for OM606 swapped boats 😊 but I do like the sound, reminds me of a TW25 tractor.

Hi what brilliant video you have done repairing the engine really impressed. I wasn’t subscriber to your channel but I’m now . Can’t wait to see the next one of the boat going on test run 👍

What a great upload. Happy ending wasn't expected 😄

That's a cracking (no pun intended) in situ repair, super video!

New subscribers here. nice to see something been done properly. Great idea to repair the block. Re-plating the fasteners, using studs instead of bolts going that bit further. Really interesting. I've never seen those special locking washers. Look forward to the next video 👍

Excellent video and very good work results. Happy cruising

Cracking Video m8 loved it from start to finish. Thanks so much, that's my kinda repair your way is my way anyone else should hit the highway. Keep it up.

Good tradesman repair .