Rebuilding a 30 Year-Old Diesel Engine in the Cockpit of our Sailboat! | DIY Engine Rebuild Part 1.
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- We have been traveling with only one engine for about 6 months. St. Martin is an island with many resources so it is time to start the rebuild! Part one includes building an engine stand, disconnecting everything, removing it from the engine compartment, cleaning, and dissasembleing. The entire rebuild process will be done in the cockpit of our sailboat!
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Okay I have to admit. I have followed you for a while, and enjoyed your productions. That being said, I have a whole new respect for you in taking on an engine rebuild like that. You and Sierra's "Just Do It" attitude and not shying away is remarkable. This is very interesting to see the rebuild. Thank you for sharing!
When you have unlimited money, you can "Just do" Whatever you want
@@Mike_hocksbig69 A person with "unlimited money" doesn't do their own rebuild, in the cockpit of a boat.
Being a mechanic I'm amazed that you stayed so clean working on diesel. Good job so far
I replaced my wiper blades today.
I gave you a thumbs up for rebuilding a diesel engine on the deck of a boat while you're in the water and don't have all the tools most people would have to do this job! You have some stones, I'll give you that.
The gag with the blue and pink toothbrushes was comedy gold.
Nice to see that manual open on the table. Keep up the great work Billy!
The one part where I laughed ! The rest, . . . . . . .
17:17 - 'No crazy stuff - just pop out these old sleeves - put in new sleeves . . . ' Am looking forward to how this progresses ! ! !
I have rebuilt many V8 auto engines, some i n a garage, some out in a dirt driveway. But I have never rebuilt one while on a boat. Billy you have a great "I can do it" attitude, and that will take you far in life. Great job!! Very impressive.
Major score not snapping a head bolt! I would not have been breathing at that point until that last one "snapped loose"! Well done .....
You’re a badass Billy boy!
even though billy might have you on the engine rebuilding, i put my $ on you for the sewing Nick :)
Yes full marks to Billy for tackling this job. Its not as if he's got an engineering background. Also plse follow the shop manual along the way. Best of luck...
Yep! it’s true, but it would’ve been better if he was drinking Busch beer. Much love to you and Teresa, from HOLLYWOOD & the SeaHag. Hahahaha!!!!!
What made you think you needed to tear your engine down in the first place???? That soot on the valves indicates fouled injector tips.
I guess Im asking the wrong place but does any of you know a method to get back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb lost my password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me.
Wow, watching you cut that frame by hand.....Mr Chickadee would be proud!
Good luck popping out those cylinder sleeves. Takes a lot of heat. Probably easier to take the block to a local machine shop and let them press them out and install the new ones. Yanmar 2GM is a good basic motor. LOTS of them out there. You will be glad you decided to rebuild it. Love videos like this!
Give you a lot of credit, Billy. You amaze me with your knowledge of being a mechanic. I needed to put in a rebuilt engine in my boat. The mechanic I used didn't install it correctly and I had to sue him in small claims court in Riverhead. I won a $3000 judgement against him but it took me years to collect it. Another great mechanic installed another new engine and then I sold the boat. LOL. Good luck with your engine.
If Billy impress you with his knowledge maybe you are too trustful a man as he is learning as he goes
and barely started already has got some wrong advice .I do not say the engine will not run but luck, chance and crossed fingers should not be part of the process. ...and of cause anybody can tell me "who are you ? why do you think you know better?
Well for a start I have been around a long time ! The rest is history.
First off, DAMN! Nice work for tackling this project without a lot of experience and learning to do it yourself! Well done on getting all of the replacement parts you could possibly need too. As mentioned in the comment below, that is a part of the piston in the engine block which means your pistons were definitely rubbing against the inner walls of the cylinder. Interested to see the second part with the sleeve removal of a 30-year-old diesel engine that has been under a lot of heat. :-P The soot is from worn gaskets. Once you start putting this back together, if you haven't already, be sure that you don't cut corners and make sure each piece is within tolerance and that it is properly aligned. Also, hopefully, you bought the full gasket sets to replace everything which seeing the mound of parts, I am sure you did. Nice job on getting those springs compressed and the pistons removed! Those can be a pain in the arse! Came across your channel through Sailing Project Atticus and their visit to the Annapolis Boat show.
Ha! I should've watched 3 seconds longer before commenting :-P
Yep, that broken piece you had in your hand looked like a piece of piston skirt. The grooves in the sleeve are the result of the wrist pin no longer being retained because something either wore out or broke. I'm not sure how Yanmar retains their wrist pins. Anyway since the rebuild is already done by this point I hope you checked all of your bearing clearances so you get another 30 years out of this rebuild. The next couple of videos should be interesting. Cheers!
Bing Bing Bing...Winner! So many folks saying so many things that are not even close to being accurate, and you nailed it. Thanks for posting 18hrs before I could, couldn't have said it better. Good on ya, that's what eyeball engineering is for, to find the problems and to fix them.
@@69lure You obviously didn't watch any of the video or you wouldn't have made your comment in the first place! The motor has cylinder sleeves that he is replacing. No boring required.
69lure Not to be insulting but do you know the difference between a sleeved and non-sleeved engine
The broken piece looked like a piece of shell bearing
@@mjcooke2sailingmostly jimmy got it spot on piston skirt, compair 15:48 and 18:26
Love the homemade engine cradle from reclaimed wood! Nice job Billy
Every man should rebuild an internal combustion engine at least once in his life.
Most can't for some reason
It's a diesel. There is a difference.
@@PaulBartomioli diesel is internal combustion tho
@@jessemarchese7245 true but that's where the comparison ends. There's a reason diesel mechanics get paid more money to do the same type of work
@@PaulBartomioli yea its a lottle harder and the fueling is different but dont act godly like diesel mechanics are the only thing keeping the world together
Carpenter and Mechanic Billy a man of many talents. Wow what a job! Sierra has a filter named after her I see lol.
HELLO BILLY. And SIERRA!! GLAD TO HEAR YOU GUYZ ARE HEADING HOME!!!! Bruce
Rebuilding a diesel on the boat. Just incredible.
I am following you as usual. I worked in a machine shop that rebuilt engines at one time. Would like to get my hands dirty but I am in Ontario Canada and 83 years. Take your time and all will work out. Like how you improvise when you don't have a tool. The linners may be wet or dry. hope for wet easier to remove. Will look forward to next video.
Ok, ya got me. Cannot wait to see the results. Well done taking on this project. We did the Westerbeke in our Aloha 32 before we went. The satisfaction of hearing her run for the first time after the rebuild was worth it all. Looking forward to your success.
That is really impressive; use stranded wood for cradle, take out and fix the old dieses yourself on the boat at the bouy - never seen that before. You take it to a new level !
Billy I can't thank you enough for carrying us along on this rebuild. Fascinating stuff you're finding out.
Please keep us up to date on the entire engine process. Awesome!!
Billy, your now a backyard mechanic...? But, working from the stern of your home. Now that's cool. Much respect
GET AT IT MAN!!! Way to dive into an engine rebuild. It looks like you have it under control so far. Can't wait for the next video.
It looks like a bit of a piston skirt !
And marks in bore maybe from gudgeon pin
Yes it dose look more like a chunk of skirt, something in the bottom causing that?........
I'm thinking it's the connecting rod bearing
I agree. It looks Aluminum and has markings like if the engine had Piston Slap where the piston skirt starts hitting the wall of the cylinder.
I thought the same thing the instant I saw it! Most definitely.
You guys are fantastic, so courageous and competent to tackle an engine rebuild on a boat. Love following your lives, I would happily sail with you anywhere, the humour and the love you have for each other and Jetty is so apparent. Looking forward to hearing that engine running and seeing you taking off on your next adventure. God bless you both in your travels.
Love the fancy spring compressor Billy!
This is an awesome series. Not many people would take on an engine rebuild! Thanks!!!
Love the engine stand. you're working well...
Billy the Beast, love your "can-do" attitude. Keep doing what you're doing!
This video is pure ASMR! An engine rebuild at beautiful water scenery
Tony & Susan here, love the ingenuity picking the lumber for the stand , waist not want not .
Good job guys team work getting the engine out I love rebuilding a engine
It appears that the cylinder liner was scarred by the piston wrist pin. Good job on getting all the replacement parts ahead of time. If you are going to do a deep dive into the engine you might as well renew everything that wears. Getting the old cylinder liners out might be the most challenging part of the rebuild.
Freeze the new liners it should help the install by shrinking them. It helps with many press fit parts that are metal
Could well be, it looks like one of the main bearings failed judging by what came out of the sump
@@jonnorousseau3096 Looked like a bit of piston from slap damage but hard to tell. André
If I'm honest I'd load that block and head into the dinghy and take them both to an engine rebuilder.
There's a lot of risk involved in reassembly without the usual machining requirements for a complete overhaul, I'd definitely be paying a lot of attention to the crank on this one, I'm pretty convinced that it will need to be, at the very least polished and balanced, more likely the journals ground and oversized mains to suit?? Might even be out of alignment/warped due to bearing failure. Whatever the case it is at least a complete rebuild, including oil pump water pump and clearing the crudd out of the head and block's cooling ports without machining, at worst, all of the above + boring out the old sleeves, fitting and honing the new sleeves, skimming and pressure testing the head and grinding the crank, all of which I'd be inclined to do regardless
@@SoundzAlive1 could be, regardless it's not a good sign, it would be pretty obvious once you took the bottom apart! I'm not there and not Billy, nothing's been filmed in that area so we'll wait till next episode I suppose.
Either way with what came out the sump and the scoring on the sleeve, and all the bits of ground up steel that have been circulating around the engine are going to have @#&$ed up almost all running surfaces, oil pump blah blah. I've done enough industrial mechanical engineering and machining to know that there will be damage everywhere that those wee ground up particles of steel be it piston collar or bearing have seen circulated. It will never be right unless all that is sorted properly. PS I'd love to have seen what the oil filter and sump pan looked like😂😂😂
Good to see you tackling the rebuild. Good luck and take your time.
This is excellent. Can’t wait to see the next video!
Wow, that is a project! I'll be interested to see how easy it is to replace those cylinder liners.
they have a liner puller that makes it easy. head has 2 legs that sit on block and 2 legs go into cylinder and hook under lip of cylinder on either side and you turn a bolt and it cranks right up out of there., I used them on big cummins diesels. like you I am excited to see how Billy accomplishes things. I really give him credit on things he tries to accomplish himself over the years.
Lookn good Billy. Im afraid that Sierra is looking doubtful lol.
@@callmepokey1 You can even make your own if necessary (Billy knows a welder). There is a difference between doing hay-wire repairs when you are stranded and you have no choice and being in town and refusing to at least do a proper shop cleaning of the engine with fluids and air pressure and a few other basic checks.It is in my opinion pure stupidity or ego out of control,we all know it is not to save a few hundred dollars.
@@callmepokey1 there is so much inconsistencies in that rebuilt that I call fraud ,you will see that the guy remove the sleeves with a screw driver taping one side at a time (misaligned force if I can say) I do not believe it possible, but my main concern is the cleaning of the engine :the very inside of the water jackets to bare shiny metal, how on a boat with barely a bucket and a tooth brush,come on!!! not a view on the crank shaft reinstall either.
A pain in the ass without tools...
You guys are amazing. Great team work! Need is the mother of invention! Sounds like you have a plan and are working the plan. Very Kool Sir and Madam.
Love this video! I love the normal boating but mechanics work is awesome. Wish I was there to turn some wrenches with you. You have a lot of work to do. Always enjoy your videos!
That bit would be part of the piston skirt, but I’m sure you’ll know that by now! Looks like the Gudgeon pin has been going side to side causing those marks in the bore. You need a puller to get off the pulley, not the other way around......! 😋You need to Mark your injection pump timing before you pull it apart, but I’m sure you’ve learned that by now, spill timing is always the back up! Great job. 😎🇦🇺
I applaud you guys having the Spirit and Confidence to live this Lifestyle and take on all the Repairs yourself, specially Overhauling the engine. Looking forward on seeing you guys at the Bahamas. Good Luck!!!
So cool you named your oil filter after Sierra!
Awesome video! Love watching you three!
Great job Billy, also kudos to the editor...Sierra? Hollywood will be calling!
This is great content. Probably one of my favorite episodes. Don't watch you guys all the time but I just subscribed.
Awesome work. I'm rebuilding a Kohler Diesel generator engine at the moment
Gotta love Billie’s can do no problemo attitude lol
Nice job Billy!!
Billy get yourself 3-4 ft long piece of 3/4" galvanized iron pipe (really cheap at home depot) and use it as a breaker bar. Just make sure your socket driver fits inside the pipe. You will get great leverage. Since it is galvanized it won't rust too fast.
Dude. That little stand is nice. You should sell it! Bring it back to FL.
Or better yet, give it away to one of your viewers! Lol. p.s. nice guns.
Well done Billy. I hope the reassembly goes smooth. Cheers
New watcher old mechanic. I'm very impressed with your attitude I like your show good luck. It's not easy.
One word; IMPRESSIVE
Great video! 👍🏻
Thank you for your great video on your journey on the overhaul. Looks like your having some fun .. . . I think I could do this in a garage with all the tools but, on a boat..it would be a challenge . . a BIG challenge. Stay strong and take your time and I hope to see more videos on the finished painted engine, . . I enjoy watching your current life journey and able to live it through your videos, while I am on land. Thank you for sharing all the good and the bad. .. . that is life.
Sleeved engines are awesome, im going to rebuild my engine in a few months
Billy, the tool you're going to need to install the pistons into the cylinders is called a piston ring compressor... looks kinda like an oil filter wrench.
We almost started with the newest video, but had to catch up. Great job building the frame. Chris used to own a salvage yard and would do that daily to ship engines. Lots of free wood there I see. Great job guys!
~ Chris & Jolene
Great job!
Great video, I concur with Ruby Rose, you are a badass!
please show us popping out the old sleeves and popping the new ones back in i got to see that little bit of magic for sure
So cool that you used scrap wood to build support 👍
Man, and I was having a hard time just rebuilding the carb on the weedeater... good luck to you!
FRICKIN Weedeaters, totally agree finicky little bastards. I broke down about 8 seasons ago and invested in a commercial grade Echo model. Haven't done a thing to it in 8 years other then add fuel and line, starts everytime (loves its choke). Hope to get 10 years out of it and then simply trade it in on a new one. LOL, hate the weedwacker .....
Dude you got a swinging set of coconuts for sure! Best of luck
Why are Glenns always too interested in other men's coconuts? You must be bisexual at least. Squeeze them and go play fire fighter together.... Butt please do not write about those coconuts again. I DO NOT wanna know. If you play tennis, balls are okay. Huge testicles are a medical condition, not something to be proud of. Are you not aware of the language you use?!
@@voornaam3191 sit down troll and STFU. No need to answer you have been blocked 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very impressive Billy....well done
I seen this video in the Google News Feed. You guys are Rocking the News 👍👍
Harbor freight breaker bar is a must have.
If you can rebuild an engine in the cockpit of.a boat you’re the man
Billy the valves looks ok, it's the part that set's is what you want to pay close attention to. In your situation clean clean is key. In my day they called it rubbing compound which is used to resurface the valves set's and matting surfaces in the head. As for the lower part of engine, that piece you found in oil pan is not a good sign. It's part of a piston. So your on the right path by getting new ones but mic up the bore if you plan on cutting out the gouge in wall of bore. If not be damn sure gouge is smooth before putting back together. When putting back together, again clean clean clean, then lub, lub, lub,. Then be damn sure everything I mean everything is torqued to spec. You should be fine as a simple overhaul. While you're at it I would mic the crankshaft and replace all bearings. Be careful on lower half making damn sure all parts go back exactly as they came out and I mean exactly as they came out. (This is an overhaul not a rebuild, there's a difference)This is very important on lower half Billy. Most auto part stores have a simple inexpensive system that will tell you what size bearings you'll need. This is how it works.(BEFORE YOU TAKE CRANKSHAFT OUT) in fact, on most engines bearings can be replaced without removing the crankshaft! It's a small wax like piece that's placed on the crankshaft where the caps go.(between cap and crankshaft) Then torque to spec, then remove cap again. At this point the wax like part will have spread. The kit comes with a gauge which tells you what size bearings you'll need, simple. Now Billy, write down each size bearing needed because it's a good chance they will not all be the same so write it down Billy. Do this and you will have a successful engine overhaul.
Awesome undertaking. You are my personal hero vs. my dock mates who "call the guy" for an oil change
Are you going to have the head checked to see if it needs planning? Your doing a great job Billy.
Love the boat work videos!
Good luck on rebuilding diesel sailboat engine ! 😀⛵️😘 Mike from Missouri
Awesome. Good work.
You are a 'can-do'- person with a lot of 'smarts' to back it up...This engine-rebuild reminds me when you tackled the rebuild of the transmission on your trawler.... Great job!
Good luck. Looking forward to your next video.
Good job
Big time gear head here, which made this video so enjoyable to watch. :-) Nicely done! Nothing like getting into the muck of an engine and becoming a rebuilding master. With all of the carbon buildup on your Yanmar, you may want to do some Sea Foam treatments and blow out those deposits from time to time. When you do, be sure that you're out at sea because it will smoke like crazy and will disturb your harbor mates (and likely result in a scolding from the authorities).
after 30 years this is actually not much carbon, the seats look good too .sometime people are afraid to rev-up some to let the engine puke the deposits but it is something that has to be done ,just like changing the oil it is part of the process.
BTW Billy might get away with his rebuilt but it is by cutting many corners certainly not by mastering much anything .
Sorry I have to give him credit ,yes he is a master of hard work ,no matter the abilities hard work is 99% of the job.
Highly commendable!
Seriously good effort bud!
I’m glad he knows where all those parts go. Esh! :)
Keep us updated.
You go ahead and show off them guns Billy!! Sierra loves em😊
great show looking forward to next episode cheers
I was going to call this a 10-day job initially but after looking at the internals I'm somewhat more optimistic about the needed timeframe and now believe this will take a total of 7 days to complete.
Really great video bro! I liked and subbed! ✌️⛵🍻
Wow that was a pc of piston skirt or the liner. Still gotta get past the liner to block inspection. Hoping for the best. Your doing an amazing job. US submarine mechanic for twenty five and another 15 doing various sub repair jobs. Thanks for showing the process.
Get it Billy, stay focused !
Hopefully turns out easier than Neverland's Transmission
You are developing skills! Go get em tiger!
I have been so waiting for this videos. I started watching this channel because of the Neverland transmission.
Billy you are very brave to try this on your own, you are going to find your lack of and tools and fixtures needed to pull the liners etc. out. Good Luck on your rebuild.
You may need a shop to do those sleeves. That will require a press
@@robinfocon Or a hammer and a block of wood. And yeah, before you even respond, I'd be sad if I screwed one up that way, a real possibility. But it can be done.
The little engine that could?👍❤️
Got me interested.... good plan! We do this kind of thing regularly in SE Alaska.
I did not see new piston rods, push rods ( these are probably bent)!!! I never heard of sleeved cylinders but guess it’s easier than having cylinders re-bored with larger piston rings (usually bored .030 over. Cam shaft bearings? Crank bearings. Do you have them? They have to be pressed in and out. Hope you have a torque wrench and specs for all the parts. They all have a torque specification and it’s extremely important to tighten everything properly so you don’t experience large quantities of grief later!!! Spinning a bearing would really suck!!! Good luck Billy! Take your time! Do not rush this job. If you have questions, get answers from qualified mechanic. Do not guess anything! I have rebuilt six engines over the years. The first one did not go well! It made a good run then spun a bearing !
I hate when that happens! Other five re-builds went well. I am not a certified mechanic! I just did not have the cash to pay for the job. You can do this. Just be certain to have the manual for that engine and read it well and follow all the specs precisely. It helps if you can have someone there with some experience be there with you.
Good job!
You are handy to have around. Jetty is such a lucky dog to have you two around.
Billy, that's damn impressive.
Brave man.