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Originally Posted by McGillicuddy
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I took a 2-day Diesel Engine course at
Trawler Fest last year taught by 'ol Nigel and Steve Zimmerman. Nigel is a British chap and quite original at coming up with ways to trouble shoot and prevent problems, possibly due to a lifetime of contending with the vagaries of British engines on old sailboats, etc.! The course included one ~ 2hr exercise involving use of a VHOM meter to measure voltage drops and troubleshoot a simple DC circuit board. Although I've used such meters for years, it seemed to be a pretty useful exercise for the newbies in the class.
I wished I had taken the course a year earlier, when it was taught by
Bob Smith, the engineer who lead the marinization of the legendary old English Ford tractor engine that's used on many old trawlers. His course was much more hands on and involved stuff like changing fuel pump and injectors on a Ford-Lehman engine! Attended a seminar he gave in 2014, and he's probably FORGOTTEN more about engines than most "Experts" will ever know! I chatted with him at length and found him to be a real nice down-to-earth guy that has a condo in NPB.
BTW Gillie, that's a screaming bargain on Calder's book . . . they were selling it at Trawlerfest for about $50! If I ever get myself a trawler, I'll probably buy one!