alan mal
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Anyone remove a perkins engine from a moonraker yet?cheers alan
DOES IT HAVE PATIO DOORSAnyone remove a perkins engine from a moonraker yet?cheers alan
They have a sliding glass door but it is relatively small. ...........aft cabin roof is the aft deck.DOES IT HAVE PATIO DOORS
Massive engine would rather get it out and refurb all. Very bad back pressure.needs complete strip down.Oddly enough near neighbour in the marina called Alan has a Moonraker 350 flybridge.
The floor of the flybridge is removable (maybe not easily ).
Or why not take the engine apart in and raise the main block up within the boat for rebuilding in situ ?
Just interested in the back pressure--are you referring to 1) exhaust back pressure or 2) crank case pressure?Massive engine would rather get it out and refurb all. Very bad back pressure.needs complete strip down.
Just interested in the back pressure--are you referring to 1) exhaust back pressure or 2) crank case pressure?
Thought my interference might save you a lot of hassle. Have you discovered the reason for the back pressure? Then several external component to explore reference 1 or 2 first of!
Internally if the rings are seized and the landings are beyond recovery I have read that the 6354 pistons are no longer available.
Not all doom and gloom yet!
Internally if the rings are seized and the landings are beyond recovery I have read that the 6354 pistons are no longer available.
Not all doom and gloom yet!
Why would you bother? That cost to end up with a 6.354.
A Perkins Sabre M130C up to an M215C or Cummins 6bt 180hp would all slot in really easy. Good used ones out there. Both SAE3 bellhousing so no need for any gearbox or adapter plate changes.
Gotta make more sense that rebuilding a 6.354.
A knowledgeable forumite about 6yrs ago. He may well of been referring to Perkings spares!Who says pistons are not available?
In fairness Latestarter always referred to the HT engines as being the issue, specifically pistons for the contrarotating engine IIRC and scavanger oil pumps for the dry sump.
The 6354's in a Moonraker are vertical engines I think, which were truck engines also so there should be plenty of parts and have normal wet sumps.
Just read the product description and refers to Perkings pistons and lack of availability, therefore the kit does not include Perkings pistons! Yes some parts in the kit may be Perkins.