I know this has been discussed a lot, but I have yet another question,
especially for those of you in Europe.
I have been working on Vega 2923 in Port Townsend Washington for a few
months now and she looks great with her new hull paint, mast and rigging,
etc. Her new sails will be finished in a week or two. But she still has the
old MD6B and still has the problem that the engine runs only at one speed, I
am guessing around 1500rpm. I am planning on repowering later this winter
and was reading an article about an electric power unit built by a company
in the U.K. ASMO marine. It looks like a pretty slick unit and I guess it
is in some use, but being in the Pacific Northwest I have barely heard of
it. Does anyone have any information about this unit? Here is their website:
http://www.asmomarine.com/2005/asmo_uk/01.shtml . The cost seems to be about
the same as a new diesel.
While I am at it, does anyone have any comments about the engine running at
only one speed? I have checked it out and am pretty sure there is a problem
with the injector pump, but is there is some easy fix I can do at little
expense until I repower this coming winter that would be great also. I can
pretty easily deal with the one speed by some shifting (I also have a huge
paddle), but it would be nice to have some throttle (I am also concerned
about runaway dieseling if it is a injector pump problem).
Thanks,
Chris Brown
#2923
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especially for those of you in Europe.
I have been working on Vega 2923 in Port Townsend Washington for a few
months now and she looks great with her new hull paint, mast and rigging,
etc. Her new sails will be finished in a week or two. But she still has the
old MD6B and still has the problem that the engine runs only at one speed, I
am guessing around 1500rpm. I am planning on repowering later this winter
and was reading an article about an electric power unit built by a company
in the U.K. ASMO marine. It looks like a pretty slick unit and I guess it
is in some use, but being in the Pacific Northwest I have barely heard of
it. Does anyone have any information about this unit? Here is their website:
http://www.asmomarine.com/2005/asmo_uk/01.shtml . The cost seems to be about
the same as a new diesel.
While I am at it, does anyone have any comments about the engine running at
only one speed? I have checked it out and am pretty sure there is a problem
with the injector pump, but is there is some easy fix I can do at little
expense until I repower this coming winter that would be great also. I can
pretty easily deal with the one speed by some shifting (I also have a huge
paddle), but it would be nice to have some throttle (I am also concerned
about runaway dieseling if it is a injector pump problem).
Thanks,
Chris Brown
#2923
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