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04-05-2011, 12:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Guaymas Sonora and Leros Dodecanese Greece
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Best Deals and Choice on Inboard Diesels in North America ?
Second boat second Volvo engine.
This one is aMD17c. Now on 3rd gearbox. Sick of the thing, after reading posts on the same model. What options do people have. The hours are low but!
I will in BC canada.
Cheers
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04-05-2011, 12:55
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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Re: Best deals ,choice on inboard Diesels North America?
Yanmar, Perkins/Westerbeke, Kubota ...
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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04-05-2011, 13:01
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
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Re: Best deals ,choice on inboard Diesels North America?
use till it dies then repower with yanmar.....
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04-05-2011, 13:02
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Re: Best deals ,choice on inboard Diesels North America?
I read somewhere that Yanmar produces around 70% of all engines for pleasure craft. That is pretty good reason to consider one.
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04-05-2011, 18:19
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Registered User
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Re: Best deals ,choice on inboard Diesels North America?
Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
Yanmar, Perkins/Westerbeke, Kubota ...
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sorry Gord,
Kubota does not produce a marine engine for the American market. Kubota does sell industrial engines to several companies that marinize them. These are Universal, Nanni, Beta, Phasor.
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04-05-2011, 18:23
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
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Re: Best Deals and Choice on Inboard Diesels in North America ?
The World Encompassed
I bought a Beta on Monday. The reason can be found above.
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04-05-2011, 18:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Vancouver Island
Boat: 55'alloy performance cruiser
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Re: Best Deals and Choice on Inboard Diesels in North America ?
Hello, One make of engine usually overlooked is the Isuzu line. They are found in thousands of Hitachi excavators,gensets, refer units etc. We had a 47 hp genset on the last commercial boat I worked on with over 20,000 hrs on it. I just bought the 85 hp model from Klassen diesel in Vancouver for my new boat. Much cheaper and more robust I believe than the Yanmar.
cheers, greg
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04-05-2011, 20:04
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ingleside on the Bay, Tx
Boat: 32' Custom by John Howie
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Re: Best Deals and Choice on Inboard Diesels in North America ?
didn't isuzu go under a few years back?
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04-05-2011, 20:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cormorant Island, BC, Canada
Boat: Lancer 44 Motorsailer
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Re: Best Deals and Choice on Inboard Diesels in North America ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by S/V Alchemy
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OMG you have to spent another $20 on sunglasses to work on this. You won't need any light in the engine room. lol
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04-05-2011, 21:20
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
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Re: Best Deals and Choice on Inboard Diesels in North America ?
It's a touch, uh, vivid, I will admit.
But I didn't buy it for its good looks!
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