Maintenance on ferry Tacoma

Maintenance on ferry Tacoma, a photo by WSDOT on Flickr.

A little maintenance on the ferry engine. Note that this boat is probably still working on the other 3 engines and hauling cars at this point.

Rod bearing journal

2012-01-24 at 08-45-21, a photo by jcurtis4082 on Flickr.

Read and comment on the post below.

Would you use this?

2012-01-24 at 09-10-43, a photo by jcurtis4082 on Flickr.

Cummins re-usability guidelines do not allow for use of crankshafts damaged in the radius area of the bearing journals.

For size reference, the hole to the right of the photo is about 1/4" in diameter.

Please comment on what you think below.

Engine Work

Here is quick post on internal engine work details.

The Devil is in the details, and there are many details in these .pdf documents for your study.

Engine Bearing Filure Analysis

http://www.mandieselturbo.com/files/news/filesof15008/5510-0073-00ppr_low.pdf

http://engineparts.com/publications/DistressGuide.pdf

Massimo Sestini 3

Massimo Sestini 3, a photo by Il Fatto Quotidiano on Flickr.

If you have followed the news the past few days you have seen the images of the Costa Concordia sinking off the coast of Italy. There are plenty of photos of the whole ship, but here is an interesting photo of the hole.

What do you suppose that the cruise industry and specifically the Costa line will learn from this grounding/sinking?

On another subject, I learned to remember that fluids can damage engine parts. I spilled coolant on my serpentine belt and did not rinse it off. It squeaked; badly. A $50 belt repaired it. ):

Green Car Congress: Rolls-Royce Marine to deliver LNG power system for tugs

Not many pictures in this one. (;

Consider this carefully though: Liquified Natural Gas in a tug boat. THIS is where the "diesel" (industry) is more than just "diesel" (fuel). I consider this type of thing in many of your futures. Something very different than just "diesel".

Think/consider and comment where asked below. Could you see yourself being interested in something like maintaining a fleet of these?

Green Car Congress: Rolls-Royce Marine to deliver LNG power system for tugs

Heavy Iron

A few videos of big stuff for you today.

There is no sound with this one, but the demonstration of the Fuel system is well done. I took the exchange students to this engine factory in Kiel, Germany on the 2006 exchange.