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07-12-2016, 16:11
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How bad does this engine look?
I am looking at this 33' Cape Dory 1987 $29,000
As I looked through the pictures i came across the picture of the diesel. The description said that it was just refurbished, idk if this is the most recent picture since then. To me this looks horrible but what do i know? I contacted the seller for more information, so will update as i know more
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07-12-2016, 16:14
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
Yea, they refurbished it by taking a saltwater hose and hosing the thing down
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07-12-2016, 16:15
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by odeapt
I am looking at this 33' Cape Dory 1987 $29,000
As I looked through the pictures i came across the picture of the diesel. The description said that it was just refurbished, idk if this is the most recent picture since then. To me this looks horrible but what do i know? I contacted the seller for more information, so will update as i know more
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My first reaction when I saw the title was "it's what's inside an engine that's important, not how it looks." Then I saw the picture.
If that's not the "before" of the refurbishing, then I don't want to know what it used to look like.
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07-12-2016, 16:16
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by Paul L
Yea, they refurbished it by taking a saltwater hose and hosing the thing down
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You were faster and more concise than I was.
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07-12-2016, 16:17
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by Paul L
Yea, they refurbished it by taking a saltwater hose and hosing the thing down
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So pretty good indication of leakage?
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07-12-2016, 16:17
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
Of course it's refurbished, the seawater hose is new!!
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07-12-2016, 16:31
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How bad does this engine look?
I don't think it will even run, look at the pulleys, they are covered in rust, the look at the engine bed.
Surely you jest?
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07-12-2016, 16:31
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by odeapt
So pretty good indication of leakage?
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The rust on the crank pulley indicates that the engine has not run in a very long time.
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07-12-2016, 16:33
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by Calif.Ted
The rust on the crank pulley indicates that the engine has not run in a very long time.
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Yeah the ad says it has been moored for the last 5 years, wife is selling because husband passed away.
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07-12-2016, 16:38
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
I wonder if the whole boat sank or if only the engine was sprayed with salt water. I'd bet it sank and that's why it has a new raw water intake hose.
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07-12-2016, 16:39
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by Sailmonkey
Of course it's refurbished, the seawater hose is new!!
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Single hose clamp though. They couldn't even get that right.
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07-12-2016, 16:42
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by Paul L
Yea, they refurbished it by taking a saltwater hose and hosing the thing down
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+1
Some text missing perhaps?
... refurbished when Noah was a boy.
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07-12-2016, 18:24
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
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Originally Posted by kmacdonald
Single hose clamp though. They couldn't even get that right.
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Like our engine, the seawater pump is incapable of accepting two clamps......but when only one fits choose the best. AWAB!
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07-12-2016, 18:39
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
Yea, those pulleys are a mess. And the exhaust appears to be galvainized pipe.
29,000 minus 15,000.
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07-12-2016, 18:58
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Re: How bad does this engine look?
Ya know adeapt, I'd want to run the engine (or try) before counting it out depending on what shape the rest of the boat's in. Someone correctly pointed out that there was a water hose just replaced.. So what if the guy or whomever that replaced the hose didn't wash the engine down afterwards. You did say her husband had died. Also, how many boats moored out for five years without an owner have you seen that are ready to rock and roll?? I remember how my boat looked after my wife and I had to take a sabbatical from sailing, become dirt dwellers again and care for an aging parent. Took us two months to get things right, and I had a week and a half down in the engine room which included painting the entire engine. It was in a salt environment for a year with no love. I'm just saying..
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