I’m gonna have to throw away Chris’s beautiful 01 Golf. Timing belt broke on start-up. On the internet they say valves bent for sure. Makes me sick. Perfect car w just a tad over 100000 miles. My mechanic told me to check for compression but my heart won’t be in it.
Perhaps we’ll buy a Rabbit w a chain driven camshaft. (5cyl)
Tugyacht 33,
Thanks for say’in what I failed to put together propperly.
There are strict service instructions on replacing timing belts. Expensive job, usually by authorized dealer, special tools being needed, I had to do a 3L V6 Passat, not cheap. If overlooked, and failure ensues, all hell breaks loose in the engine, pistons hitting valves, etc. Some euro cars are reverting to chain. My old Alfas had heavy double chains driving DOHC, but lots of engines are quad cam these days.McGillicuddy,
It’s a 2000 so it’s 17 years old.
We can and probably will buy a equal car or better for$2,500.
See Harbor Chat for more car talk.
On reflection, 2.8L. Belt had to be replaced at, from memory, 5 years. Probably an engine used in Audi too, some suspension parts were stamped Audi. Current Peugeot 508 belt is 8 years I think. A gamble going beyond it. I`d be checking if/when the Nissan belt was changed, though at that mileage it`s probably not the biggest concern.BruceK,
My old 81 Mazda had double row chain. I gave it to a girlfriend at 250K mi. Now my little Nissan has a belt. Good car for 294000 mi. It dosn’t know the word sport and it pleases me fine. I usually drive it and leave the Avalon at home if it’s dry weather.
3L Passat .. is that the one w the strange engine? How do they compare w the Jetta? About what one would expect or some things way different?
I`d be checking if/when the Nissan belt was changed, though at that mileage it`s probably not the biggest concern.
I’m gonna have to throw away Chris’s beautiful 01 Golf. Timing belt broke on start-up. On the internet they say valves bent for sure. Makes me sick. Perfect car w just a tad over 100000 miles. My mechanic told me to check for compression but my heart won’t be in it.
Perhaps we’ll buy a Rabbit w a chain driven camshaft. (5cyl)
Tugyacht 33,
Thanks for say’in what I failed to put together propperly.
Don't be too hasty there Eric. An overhead job would still be much cheaper than buying a new or near new comparable vehicle. Those Golfs are nice cars. My brother just bought the latest GTI, but he still has one of the original Mk 1. Golf GTI, and it still drives well, and he loves it, and can't bear to part with it. I'd say it's a classic now.
Did the timing belt get changed at the stipulated interval of about 100,000km, (not miles)..?
Bayliner owners are so cute sometimes
Navigator owners are as well. They are in the same boat literally
"Judge !!"
"I’ll see your GTO and raise you a 1970 442 w30."Judge !!
This is what I am talking about!
Actually, since my earlier thread about having a cored hull, I (actually Bess) discovered the real hull plug is solid glass (1”) and the plug I thought was the hull was the deck.
Back to the original issue at hand...
First, the OP is 100% correct. Almost ANY boat made is suitable for Coastal Cruising.
I’ll repeat that, but a tad stronger this time ANY production boat, over a certain size class is perfectly suitable for Coastal Cruising.
Now it’s time to dispell some Trawler Forum Myths...
Heavier does not mean “better built” for Coastal Cruising. Boats that are meant to travel above displacement speed hugly benefit from light weight constructon. The reason is simple... Lighter boats are more easily driven up on plane, so they require less Horsepower, and less fuel to run above displacement speeds.
Heavier in terms of 1970-1980’s Taiwan Trawlers does not mean they are better built. The Taiwan Trawler era was at the infancy of fiberglass technology. The manufacturers simply did not know the strength of fiberglass yet, so they overbuilt intentionally. As the technology matured they invented techniques like vacume bagging, and also realized thast fiberglass is stronger than they originally envisioned, and that they could make a hull thinner, and it would still stand up to the punshment of use.
Lets also quench another Myth. The Taiwan Trawler was not some super duper high quality piece of work. They were in general made by a variety of yards, and many were knock offs of designs by famous yards, and naval designers. They were put together as a price point production boat menat to fill a market need. The Taiwan trawlers have very nice wood interiors simply because wood was plentiful in Asia, and labor was cheap.
Guys, when I set out to buy a 50 foot class Coastal Cruiser in 2011 I had a budget of a bit over 250K to work with. I could have bought ANY 1980’s Taiwan trawler on the market. Yet I CHOSE to spend that money on a Bayliner 4788. Why??? Was I just stupid? Was I uneducated? Did I waste my money on junk?
No, I looked at my mission profile, which was Coastal Cruising along the West Coast of America from Mexico to Alaska, and bought a very good boat to fulfill that mission, for that level of investment
What I got was a boat that is comfortable from 7-15 knots, allowing me to travel at slow speeds when I wanted, and at high speeds when they better suited my needs.
I got a boat with a foam core on the decks, to avoid deck rot
A vacume bagged foam cored hull for strength, and light weight, a hull design that has NEVER suffered a delaminaton.
An alumanium superstructure to save weight, and have the cabin space I wanted and the seaworthiness I needed by keeping topside weight low.
Modern diesel engines with parts and service available anywhere
Aluminum tanks for longevity.
A boat designed in America by the largest team of Naval Architects in the industry, and built in America in a modern plant, using modern construction methods.
Today, the Bayliner 4788 is the most prolific 50’ class boat that has ever been built in terms of numbers of completed hulls.
Yet, when you look on Yachtworld, you see very few for sale. The reason for that is simple, they are really good boats, that offer a great value.
So...
Yes, I agree completely with the OP. No a Bayliner is not a KK, or a Nordhavn, or a fleming. It is a production boat perfectly suited for Coastal Cruising.
Here, here!im sorry, but i gotta call BS on this observation ........
when is the last time you paid 700 bucks for plug wires (bmw 7 series)
replaced cat converters due to bad gas (another 700 in a lot of cases)
had your car totaled for what amounted to a fender bender
had to watch an anti lock light on your dash no one can turn off
paid 800 bucks for 4 injectors due to bad gas
too lazy to spend 5 minutes a week checking fluids ??? your boat loves you
replaced a coil pack (50-200 bucks) my dist cap is 15 bucks
water pumps are expendable items no matter what you drive, and i can show you several (like more then 100) 50-60-70 year old cars running with original
radiators right now
replace the starter on a new cadillac, you have to tear the entire motor apart, starter is inside the engine
and these are all very common this day and age (think multi billion dollar auto parts industry)
it really irks me when people clump new and dependable into the same basket...... all you have done is trade one set of issues for another, no better no worse......
yes, by proxy newer may mean more dependable by sake of less hours used, but hi tech new age construction tech does not make my old tech any less dependable, it just means your tech is different, same destination, different routes......
i would go so far as to say the old tech ways a lot of times are far more dependable due to time in service (proven track record)..... expense to repair or replace (a little fairing compound VS a carbon/kevlar/cored/composite nightmare)
the car voted year after year as the most beautiful in the world is over a hundred years old....
im pretty sure it is the same for boats.....
just because something has been so idiot proofed it needs an aerospace engineer to change the oil does not mean its more dependable or better.....
it simply means this is way its done these days...