Don and Fellow Atomic 4 Devotees,
There is no easy way to say it, I have gone to the dark side. I ran my beloved Atomic 4 for the last time on Saturday in the dock for 20 mins. The engine ran beautifully as it always did. Water temp 150, oil pressure 35, compressions 90+, battery fully charge, tach read 1800 RPM. I shut it down for the last time (in Blossom), drained the oil that I just changed a month ago, disassembled fuel, cooling, exhaust, and electrical systems. I disconnected the control cables, unbolted the starter, alternator, and coil to prepare it for unloading.
On Sunday my friends Rob and Luke showed up at 2:30PM sharp and we lifted it off Blossom with the boom and swang it to the dolly on the dock and wheeled it to Rob's van. We then unloaded my new to me Yanmar 2GM20 from Luke's van and wheeled it to the dock and reversed the process. The Yanmar is now sitting on the cabin sole waiting to be installed.
It's been over ten years since I acquired Blossom and my faithful Atomic 4. I feel like I am cheating on her by going with the younger Yanmar. My reasons for repowering has nothing to do with how great the Atomic 4 is as a marine engine. I have gone through this repowering debate at least dozen times over the last five years or so. I know there aren't good enough reasons for this group on the Moyer Forum so I will not even attempt to explain. All I can say is that I have benefited from Don and others on this forum tremendously. I want to especially acknowlege Jerry (RoadNSky) who generously gave me his atternator to keep my Atomic 4 going and Don for spending many patient hours to get me hooked on this great engine. I will be posting my Yanmar installation project progress on the Plastic Classic Forum once I get started.
Fair Winds,
Ray D. Chang
Blossom - Triton 106
Alameda, California
There is no easy way to say it, I have gone to the dark side. I ran my beloved Atomic 4 for the last time on Saturday in the dock for 20 mins. The engine ran beautifully as it always did. Water temp 150, oil pressure 35, compressions 90+, battery fully charge, tach read 1800 RPM. I shut it down for the last time (in Blossom), drained the oil that I just changed a month ago, disassembled fuel, cooling, exhaust, and electrical systems. I disconnected the control cables, unbolted the starter, alternator, and coil to prepare it for unloading.
On Sunday my friends Rob and Luke showed up at 2:30PM sharp and we lifted it off Blossom with the boom and swang it to the dolly on the dock and wheeled it to Rob's van. We then unloaded my new to me Yanmar 2GM20 from Luke's van and wheeled it to the dock and reversed the process. The Yanmar is now sitting on the cabin sole waiting to be installed.
It's been over ten years since I acquired Blossom and my faithful Atomic 4. I feel like I am cheating on her by going with the younger Yanmar. My reasons for repowering has nothing to do with how great the Atomic 4 is as a marine engine. I have gone through this repowering debate at least dozen times over the last five years or so. I know there aren't good enough reasons for this group on the Moyer Forum so I will not even attempt to explain. All I can say is that I have benefited from Don and others on this forum tremendously. I want to especially acknowlege Jerry (RoadNSky) who generously gave me his atternator to keep my Atomic 4 going and Don for spending many patient hours to get me hooked on this great engine. I will be posting my Yanmar installation project progress on the Plastic Classic Forum once I get started.
Fair Winds,
Ray D. Chang
Blossom - Triton 106
Alameda, California
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