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by Big Pete
Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:18 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: New or reconditioned parts
Replies: 6
Views: 6145

Re: New or reconditioned parts

The bad experience I had with the shoreside overhaul of Injectors was about 30 years ago when I was sailing with a Mirrlees "K" Major 4 stroke engine. It was not meant to reflect in any way on Mikkelsborg's company. I most strongly agree that correct adjustment of the fuel rack timing and ...
by Big Pete
Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:35 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: New or reconditioned parts
Replies: 6
Views: 6145

Re: New or reconditioned parts

I was on one ship before it went into drydock and I prepared a set of main engine injector nozzles for overhaul. I stripped them all down, cleaned them and removed all the gaskets and "O" rings, and tightened them together hand tight, because we had run out of gaskets and "O" rin...
by Big Pete
Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:19 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Engine information MAK M332
Replies: 12
Views: 15484

Re: Engine information

With regard to the MaK engines when I sailed with one of the more recent ones I found that the 3 way cocks on the Duplex filters were unsafe compared to normal British practice. i.e I am used to the handle covering the "live" pot of the filter to make it hard too mistakenly open the pressu...
by Big Pete
Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:18 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Happy Holidays
Replies: 4
Views: 4422

Re: Happy Holidays

Merry Xmas, Martin,

I hope you are soon back with your family to celebrate a belated Xmas, and thanks for bringing us all your website.

BP
by Big Pete
Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:55 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: New BC Law-Diesel
Replies: 11
Views: 9293

Re: New BC Law-Diesel

Hey, JK,

What happenned to your Avatar? It looks as if it is sufferring a black out from too much Bio Diesel!!

BP
by Big Pete
Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:20 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: New BC Law-Diesel
Replies: 11
Views: 9293

Re: New BC Law-Diesel

I thought all Engineers had at least size 10 (English) Feet, for real good stamping!!!

BP
by Big Pete
Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:25 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: New BC Law-Diesel
Replies: 11
Views: 9293

Re: New BC Law-Diesel

It is interesting that the "Law" states 5% renewables while the oil company states 5% Bio-Diesel. Here in Europe, "Renewable" includes recycled waste oil etc, which can cause it's own problems. It is very poor business practice to give you such short notice of a major change in t...
by Big Pete
Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:45 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: OWS and drilled flanges
Replies: 2
Views: 3786

Re: OWS and drilled flanges

That is a new one on me!!!! The US Coast Guard have always been a law unto themselves. I can see that this will stop a "magic pipe" being put into the system. IT WON'T stop anyone from pumping bilges overboard using the Fire/GS pump, the direct bilge connection to the main sea water pumps ...
by Big Pete
Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:07 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Marine Engineering - Practical Tips & Tricks
Replies: 62
Views: 87270

Re: Tips & Tricks

Welding 1)Ordering Oxygen & Acetylene During my time at Sea I have found that normally 3 cylinders of Oygen are consumed for every 2 of Acetylene, so I always aim to have this proportion in stock. 2)Correct welding procedure. I have often seen people welding something, then throwing it in a buc...
by Big Pete
Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:55 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: The Warm Fuzzies it Ain't
Replies: 7
Views: 5847

Re: The Warm Fuzzies it Ain't

I'll drink to that glass of red wine!! sometimes it is the only thing that helps.

Have you put a new keyboard on your Santa list??

BP
by Big Pete
Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:57 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: sensitive sensor
Replies: 3
Views: 4511

Re: sensitive sensor

Hi Pem, Welcome to the site. I think you are talking about the Wartsila NSD "SIPWA" system and the Man/ B&W " Computer Controlled Surveillance package". If I remember correctly , they use sensors embedded in the liner that sense the change in the electrical inductance as the ...
by Big Pete
Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:17 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: The Warm Fuzzies it Ain't
Replies: 7
Views: 5847

Re: The Warm Fuzzies it Ain't

What scares me is that I have recently come off a ship with all Polish Engine room crew on both "shifts" apart from myself and although they all had valid STCW certificates they thought that they could run all the machinery by "Voodoo & Black magic" none of them would read th...
by Big Pete
Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:13 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: The Warm Fuzzies it Ain't
Replies: 7
Views: 5847

Re: The Warm Fuzzies it Ain't

Sounds familiar. Make the Poachers act as Gamekeepers, employ the cheapest 3rd World Poachers/crew you can find, and then stand back and look surprised when the accidents happen. Oh Hell it's only the insurance companies money anyway, doesn't cost the airline / shipowner anything when it all blows u...
by Big Pete
Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:54 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Marine Engineering - Practical Tips & Tricks
Replies: 62
Views: 87270

Marine Engineering - Practical Tips & Tricks

There hasn't been much activity on the site recently, so maybe we can start a new thread. Some things that I wish someone had told me, right at the beginning.... Finding the liquid level in a tank. Where a liquid tank is against the ships side it is possible to measure the liquid level by feeling th...
by Big Pete
Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:42 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: A Good read
Replies: 6
Views: 4966

Re: A Good read

Fiddley, Spanker, Dolphin Striker, Martingale, snifter cock?

(Blame it on the keyboard, it can't answer back)

BP