Diesel engine under salt water long enough for barnacles runs again

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Lepke

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Those interested in engines, I happened to catch this on ebay. Vietnamese guy salvaged this engine, disassembled and made run again. He reused everything but the bearings. The injector pump wasn't disassembled, nor was the turbo. He even restored the starter.
I don't know how long the engine will run, but it does now.
 

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Clearly it was either a Volvo or a Detroit Diesel.

A Volvo would explain why no new parts were used as they were unavailable the year after it was made.

The case for it being a Detroit would be no external corrosion from all the oil it leaked all over it self.

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Ted
 
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Crankcase marking: "JMC Isuzu." Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited of China joint venture with Isuzu of Japan started in 1984.
 
I've seen some engine rooms that look like that.
 
Why are all the bolts and nuts loosened clockwise?
 
I was 'on board' for most of his work but re-using the submerged oil filter? :eek:
 
Amazing.

The more I work on restoring my project boat, the more I realise how much I enjoy my "hobby" of restoring old and broken things. This guys engine restoration takes things to a whole new level :).
 
Greetings,
I've seen other videos where, what seems like, absolute miracles have been accomplished with VERY simple tools (hammers, open fires etc.). Usually Asian in origin. Mind boggling.
 
All while wearing flip flops.

And what was the magic juice he slathered all over? I remember as a youth of the 60s washing engine parts in GASOLINE! Darwin must have been busy those days.
 
They don't have the EPA there. You can clean with what works.
 
My carpenter grandfather warned me against danger when I was 14. Told me he accidentally ignited his diesel soaked rag used for cleaning tools when he dropped his wrench on stone surface.

I later spent an hour trying to ignite a rag in our garage soaked in gas then oil then mixed volatiles while dropping various tools with no success. Tools ended up clean though. :angel:
 
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