Sounds like a good plan! Agree with Connor on importance of an oil temp gage. I’ll admit to being a bit of a fanatic when it comes to instrumentation, but I was involved with some testing of some very advanced fighter engines where, in the quest for maximum thrust, we really pushed the limits of the materials, with safety factors commonly as low as 15%! I used to get really upset when an instrumentation technician would try to measure a 50 psi pressure with a 500 psi transducer! (Accuracy is always a fixed % of the full scale reading.) By having good instrumentation, we were able to avoid many engine failures that would have occurred if we didn’t have accurate measurements of critical items.
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On a long Bahamas cruise on our 8 knot trawler, I make it a habit to do an engine room check every couple hours with a hand held optical pyrometer, where I can check stuff like temperatures of the prop shaft packing glands, transmissions, exhaust elbows & hoses, belts, alternators, oil coolers & heat exchangers, as well as spotting fluid leaks, etc. Helps add to your piece of mind when no land is in sight for 6-8 hrs!
Good luck with the rebuild. Looking forward to hearing how that rig rides and performs!
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