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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, $469k

    Sincerely appreciate your comments. Thank you. However, the term sarcasm might indicate I didn't mean it but man... especially that lamp... WAY meant it:) I had a dream earlier this year I took the lamp out into a field and "fixed it" with a shotgun.. followed by someone emailing me from the...
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    An Onan generator vulnerability - FYI

    I have 3 minor issues to clear from the Readiness Log for my Nordic Tug 42 Clock Work to be in peak condition to go back on the market. One of them has been an unconventionally expressed oil leak at my Onan 11.5KW generator. This was just solved... the part's been ordered from Kubota.. etc...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Hi Luna and thank you very much. I had stumbled upon the custom that Kubota imprints the model and SN on the valve cover by speaking with one of their distributors, but not that they also add it to the block, which I clearly should have known. The number on the valve cover is about a quarter...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Locating the Kubota engine model for the MDKAW My current tack... I've got a detailed list of the engine (kubota) specs for the MDKAW engine. That's seemingly a big fingerprint to zone in on what kubota engine also had those specs in 2004. No luck yet but I ain't that bright and usually take a...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Hi Ted.. Never knowingly filled above spec but at this point with all the leaking that's occurred, I don't believe it would matter now. Since your Kubota engine looks pretty similar to my kubota engine, I think it's reasonable to assume that my oil pan is also steel, so maybe I can get one...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Thank you Sir... good stuff. The traditional in-service oil changes always use the reverso unit but during the diagnostic phase, it just comes out without any special prodding. As literally everything does come out, the leak is obviously at the drain hole level, or... a failure somewhere in the...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Man my heart sank when I thought I missed my motor mounts going into the pan! The parts book shows the mounts attach to the block at 4 places. mounting a big vibrating thing to a cast aluminum pan sounds like the designer was asleep on that one. I do agree that clearance is lousy though. I had...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Thanks Bliss... appreciated. THAT was exactly my expectation for the source of the leak before I began... an o-ring or a gasket, because that had been my experience for decades. Things don't just OPEN UP without moving. For gaskets and o-rings, I have no qualms at all about using AT-205 because...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Hi Ted... interesting you bring that up. I just pulled the oil filter a couple of days ago which was motivated by an odd encounter earlier in the month... I was going down the gap between the filter and the wall of the generator box with an inspection mirror.. shining my UV light into the mirror...
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    Hi and thanks... the gen was winterized and sitting on the hard for months before the leak began... possibly almost 7 months, so not running. G
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    Onan MDKAW oil leak

    I have a long-latency (days) high-flow oil leak on my Onan MDKAW. Preliminary diagnosis... It leaks all the way down to the bottom of the pan -------> it's the pan Facts... ○ This began after MONTHS (6... more?) on the hard. ○ I had to get thru some leak-test training from the AF in 1981...
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, $469k

    Selling my 2005 NT42 Flybridge. I've put together a web site that covers most things people will be wondering. https://www.clockwork-usa.com Well maintained by a very mechanical owner. The all-mechanical (i.e. reduced-complexity/higher reliability) Cummins 6CT engine.. not one of the...
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, Clean, $455k, NPT Boat show

    There appears to be a bit of a surge in Clock Work's site traffic that link back to here and the Sentoa list. As my selling effort (such that it ever much existed:) will likely be changing soon, there is a note those interested may wish to see at: https://www.clockwork-usa.com/post/changes...
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    Thoughts on chartering?

    I want to sincerely thank everyone here to took the time to share their opinion, and in particular Peter for his really thorough argument against (for me) seizing the opportunity to become a charter owner/investor... victim:) I was initially (nonspecifically) negative and was looking for a...
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    Thoughts on chartering?

    Greetings, I was contacted through my website today by someone with a business proposition that involves my boat... to charter Clock Work, my Nordic Tug 42.. in the north in the summer and the south in the winter, and to make the transit each way some kind of "adventure" thing. This is...
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    Flare Disposal

    I um... hear.... that expired flares are good for getting your spring burns of yard debris up and running. I save them. Gilhooley
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, Clean, $455k, NPT Boat show

    Update.. I've added a second purchase option that includes a significant discount for the buyer and in exchange for me getting a bunch of heartbeats back. Please check the website for Clock Work in the post above, and also note I do not monitor the message system here regularly.. just the email...
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    Prints for Nordic Tug 42 thruster set upgrade

    For some time, I'd been trying to get my hands on a set of wiring diagrams showing the attachment points of the system to both charging and, if separate, DC supply. I ended up in a number of forums asking if any NT42 owners who upgraded their SidePower on/off bow thrusters to proportional and...
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, Clean, $455k, NPT Boat show

    From the replies on the web site, there was a whole subset of those who believed it was sold. Love the guy who invested the heartbeats to write actual hate mail because I kept a site up for a boat that "isn't actually for sale" to use his language. Anyway... he was wrong (guessing he's quite...
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    How bad is too bad when it comes to moisture?

    Meters Hi and good luck with your decision. My background causes me to place simple moisture meters in the same usefulness bucket as mood rings, baseball caps lined with LED's and the Ford Pinto's rear bumper. Another potentially new boater was wondering about hiring some help in understanding...
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, Clean, $455k, NPT Boat show

    [Note to admins - this is an updated ad created in conjunction with Bacchus, who will be archiving the other/original at his convenience. This one is the "keeper". Thanks.] Clock Work is a clean, well-equipped 2005 Nordic Tug 42 flybridge for sale out of Portsmouth RI. She’s a combination of...
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, Immaculate, Finders fee - UPDATED

    2005 Nordic Tug 42 UPDATE - View at Newport Boat Show This notice updates the add posted elsewhere in this form (5-4-21). With The Newport Boat Show and the Newport Brokerage shows coming up shortly, I will be down at Clock Work very close to the show location for visitors who want to see the...
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    My machinery-defense against methanol fuel harm

    Greetings, Not specifically about trawlers but defending against methanol harm is obviously popular with boaters... dinghy's/ouboards and such. As this subject came up twice in the last few days from boaters and as I developed a cost/convenience compromise several years back, I've pasted the...
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, Immaculate, $469k, Finders fee

    Selling my 2005 NT42 Flybridge. I've put together a web site that covers most things people will be wondering. https://www.clockwork-usa.com Well maintained by a very mechanical owner. The all-mechanical low-complexity Cummins 6CT engine.. not one of the EPA mandated jobs... 75% of factory...
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    2005 Nordic Tug 42, RI, Immaculate, Finders fee - UPDATED

    Selling my NT42. I've put together a web site that covers most things people will be wondering. https://www.clockwork-usa.com Well maintained by a very mechanical owner. The all-mechanical low-complexity Cummins 6CT engine.. not one of the EPA mandated jobs... 75% of factory projected service...
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