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J-Bird III Restoration Series: Part 8 - Zero Emissions by Ocean Crusaders 6 Feb 04:19 UTC
This blog is about the restoration of the first ever TP52 to ever hit the water. Having been neglected for years, we decided to recycle it, rather than pull it apart and sell off the parts.
When we purchased this vessel, it was in very poor condition. I recall the vessel inspection when I was checking the engine and couldn t find the dipstick. I know Yanmar s pretty well, so I thought, but feeling around the engine, looking at both sides, for the life of me I couldn t find the dipstick to check the oil. So Annika had a look too and she has a higher marine engineering qualification than me and she too couldn t find it. I finally gave up and went to sit at the nav station and guess what, I found it, along with a rusted out sump, sitting on the nav table. Basically the entire sump was not on the engine so I felt under the engine and the bottom end felt rather rusty.