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by JK
Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:15 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: My Turn- Fault Finding
Replies: 14
Views: 13163

Re: My Turn- Fault Finding

No, neither

This is a good one :wink:
by JK
Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:10 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: My Turn- Fault Finding
Replies: 14
Views: 13163

Re: My Turn- Fault Finding

One of the first things checked, but they were fine.
by JK
Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:07 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: My Turn- Fault Finding
Replies: 14
Views: 13163

My Turn- Fault Finding

The engine is a V-16 Wartsila. (I can't remember the model right now, I'll have to look it up.) The engine has a turbocharger per bank and a pulse exhaust. Ship is in heavy ice, a lot of manuevering and the engines are working at their top end of power. Without warning, one engine starts to "ba...
by JK
Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:50 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 3
Replies: 11
Views: 8869

Re: Fault Finding 3

Slept in your lifejacket did you? You know, way back when I did my FG stint, we sailed from Rotterdam or Antwerp one trip and the Pilot couldn't get off because of conditions, so he stayed with us until somewhere off England. I was talking to him that evening in the officers bar and he was telling m...
by JK
Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:53 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 3
Replies: 11
Views: 8869

Re: Fault Finding 3

You know I thought briefly about the entabluture being off, but dismissed it as being unlikely, even to 1/2" never mind 6". That is astounding. There must have to be more indications then the crosshead guides parting company with the engine though? Our friend the Irishman got it though in ...
by JK
Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:49 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 3
Replies: 11
Views: 8869

Re: Fault Finding 3

Where the tie bolts tight?
by JK
Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:04 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 3
Replies: 11
Views: 8869

Re: Fault Finding 3

Something to do with the slignment of the liner, packing gland and crosshead guide I am thinking. This is only based on working on a steam recip many,many years ago not on any firm knowledge of big 2-strokes. Edited later to say that if the alignment was off then the packing gland would have not sto...
by JK
Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:50 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 2
Replies: 11
Views: 9585

Re: Fault Finding 2

Never had the bowl out...amazing.




It seems all the engineers that read the forum are rather shy and do not want to post,
by JK
Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:46 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 2
Replies: 11
Views: 9585

Re: Fault Finding 2

We changed most of our manual LO filters out to automatic backwash filters.
by JK
Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:05 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 2
Replies: 11
Views: 9585

Re: Fault Finding 2

Big Pete, very good reasoning on their part. Obviously 50% of the LO is being filtered in some fashion :shock:

In this culture of blaming the Captain/Chief Engineers and throwing them in jail, I have to ask how your nerves stand it !?!?
by JK
Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:53 am
Forum: Training Room
Topic: Ship Construction
Replies: 17
Views: 16698

Re: Ship Construction

Great shots!! Thank you for taking the time to post them.
by JK
Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:08 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: This May Cure the Manning Issues
Replies: 1
Views: 2775

This May Cure the Manning Issues

Shipping in the downturn http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14133794 Sea of troubles Jul 30th 2009, From The Economist print edition The recession is buffeting the world of shipping—with even rougher waters ahead, AFP FROM the sheltered waters of Subic Bay in the Phil...
by JK
Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:46 am
Forum: Training Room
Topic: Lisence renewal
Replies: 1
Views: 3518

Re: Lisence renewal

Canadian ticket?
Did you contact TC?
by JK
Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:26 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding
Replies: 15
Views: 24162

Re: Fault Finding

a Political Commissar to a Chief Engineer....I'll bet there is an interesting story in there somewhere!! Good reasoning, if there was absolutely no other reason for the motor trips and you were somewhere handy to the North Pole. That is right up there with our Captains who like to run the bow thrust...
by JK
Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:38 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fault Finding 2
Replies: 11
Views: 9585

Re: Fault Finding 2

I laughed at your post because I have run into the engineer/electrician thing many times before: it's not mechnical, it's electrical; no it's mechanical, not electrical. I am almost afraid to find out, but I'll bet that everything was so chocked with mud\sludge that it was a miracle it was working a...