12 year old Yanmar GM2 - things to look for

[dylanwinter]

+1 - Keep it up Dylan

thanks chaps

I shall keep looking and keep asking

I sometimes feel that some forumites have never experienced sailing on a budget

and buying boats at this level brings you into contact with some rum 'ens I can tell you

the Tollesbury Centaur story has got rather murky

I have been away from Essex for too long and forgotten how things work down/over there

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/scuttlebutt/the-weirdness-that-is-tollebury/

 

[BruceDanforth]

If you get a decent engine by mistake will you rev it to death then cut the well anyway?

 

[stevepick]

Dylan

Yanmars are good. They are (one of the few?) small marine diesel engines that are designed from the start for that purpose. They are not a small land use engine marinised. We had a 2GM that had the martec freshwater cooling conversion on it in our last boat. It ran like a dream, never needed anything serious doing to it - standard oil and filter changes. It was from 1988 and never missed a beat. No gearbox issues, no problems starting in cold ( we were base in oban). It gave us plenty of hot water and charged a 160AHr leisure bank no problem.

 

[rob2]

It's true that Thermoking used to use Yanmar twin and triple engines for their chiller trailers - though I believe they now use another supplier. A friend and I picked one up from a crashed truck. The base engine was the same as a 2GM, although the front end ancillaries are very different and for use on a boat you need to marinise it with a water injected exhaust, heat exchanger and raw water pump ( it has a car style internal pump for fresh water). We fitted a pump on the end of the camshaft, an cheap Lucas alternator had a n exhausr bend fabricated for us and used an oil cooler for the heat exchanger. It is generally cheaper to source filters and spares and maybe even get fuel system servicing (pump and injectors) done by the people who service such trucks, though.

Rob.

 

[Blueboatman]

Dylan. Would you mind removing my comments lifted from here and placed in your website please? IIRC Poking around in boatyards bit
Thank you

 

[dylanwinter]

done

Dylan. Would you mind removing my comments lifted from here and placed in your website please? IIRC Poking around in boatyards bit
Thank you

gone

 

[AngusMcDoon]

gone

You have my permission to use this comment on your website any way you wish.

 

[dylanwinter]

You have my permission to use this comment on your website any way you wish.

Interestingly the copyright of what we put on here belongs to IPC

and is in the public domain

but thanks for giving me permission


D

 

[prv]

Interestingly the copyright of what we put on here belongs to IPC

and is in the public domain

It can't be both. And it isn't "Public Domain" from an intellectual property point of view.

Pete

 

[pandroid]

+1
We abused a 2gm for over 7 years and never had a single problem with it. I don't remember servicing it that much either.
I think Charles just likes taking things apart....

 

[Blueboatman]

Dylan, ta.

Are we any nearer to convincing you to try the grey engine, with backup..a centaurs insides could be so easily fettled by you a bit. At the end of the trip a proven - and indeed KTL famous- diesel engined centaur would be something eh?

 

[dylanwinter]

The engine is now available

Dylan, ta.

Are we any nearer to convincing you to try the grey engine, with backup..a centaurs insides could be so easily fettled by you a bit. At the end of the trip a proven - and indeed KTL famous- diesel engined centaur would be something eh?

The engine is yours for the asking

12 years old in excellent running order...... according to my man

if anyone wants to buy the Tollesbury Centaur from my man Bert/Julian/Stan then you can remove the engine, the radar and the life raft and sell me the husk

PM me and I will give you his phone number

meantime the story of my experience with him are on my website

he is a well known local colourful character



Dylan

 

[Blueboatman]

The engine is yours for the asking



An excellent deal for a n other no doubt.

I have turned on my radar in real earnest once only since owning the boat. I resent the theoretical weight windage and wires aloft but , '' if it ain't broken......."

 

[dylanwinter]

The engine is yours for the asking



An excellent deal for a n other no doubt.

I have turned on my radar in real earnest once only since owning the boat. I resent the theoretical weight windage and wires aloft but , '' if it ain't broken......."

I agree... it is not worth a penny to me - but to others who sail in crowded waters or who love their toys then I an sure they are wonderful

I would have it off before you could say knife

I am still hopeful that some-one will buy the boat for the engine and gear-box

it was funny how in one part of the conversation with the Marsh Pirate the engine and gearbox was worth £1500

and in the next bit it was worth £800

D