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Old 07-04-2018, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by joe_db View Post
You are not crazy. I have hauled a diesel off a boat that had bent and broken rods for just this reason.
I picked up a free seized M25 diesel from a Catalina 30 that had ingested water. The timing was perfect, I had just started the rebuild of my spare A-4 (also free) and the parts sales from the M25 fully funded the A-4 project, like about $1K so net expense was $0.00 and I ended up with a rebuilt A-4.

Even though the Universal M25 is a Kubota based engine there are parts no longer available, the flywheel housing for example. The alternator bracket attached to an unsupported and vulnerable spot on the housing and all but guaranteed a breakage. There is a redesigned bracket to remedy this but once the housing is broken the engine is a dead duck, running or not. That housing and the Hurth transmission commanded the highest prices. I wound up selling everything off that engine down to the short block which I hauled to the dump.
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prior boats 1987 Westsail 32, 1970 Catalina 22
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