And so begins our Kubota diesel nightmare!
In this episode, we return from an offshore sailboat delivery and discover a disturbing rattling noise coming from our Kubota diesel engine. Determined to find the culprit, the crew jumps head first into a major engine re-fit.

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Closed Captions (CC):
this time on to the horizon sailing we

return from a delivery offshore and

discover a terrible rattling knocking

sound coming from our engine

[Music]

Jack felt confident we could find the

culprit but after a couple of days of

troubleshooting to no avail we decided

to call in the big guns chugs but then

there's just this weird it's like

metallicky not a consistent thing it now

there's just like it sounds like - no

gear something maybe something came

loose in the timing system how it really

sucked yeah whooping just cussed him out

yeah you want to hear how shitty it

sounds yeah yeah yeah what you're

telling me I know it's gotta be torn

down you gotta figure out what's going

on

we contacted the local mechanic who

installed the engine for the previous

owners five years ago to come and take a

listen something obviously is getting

caught and thrown yeah so we broke off

in there and tell me how you really feel

the next morning we got right to work

first we covered the wood surfaces all

around the engine compartment with

cardboard to protect our varnish engine

or our got a lot of cardboard or align

that maybe we have a plan I've been

thinking about months weeks

if this engine was coming out we were

determined to do as much of the work by

ourselves

of course as boat life has it our engine

bay is located in the most inconvenient

spot as possible preparing for this

engine endeavor meant serious

dismantling of our galley cabinetry

which meant serious disruption for our

everyday life we're trying to push the

thing this way it's gonna run into this

piece of wood here already now this is

that 4200 hold that on once you get

it tilted up like this then we should be

able to like flip it all the way over

and do it like that you know instead of

this thing so this is 25

hey plans completely changed once

again this just come up here and sit

right here you might have to pick it up

turn it sideways because this is gonna

want to be outside this is a perfect

example of what boat life is all about

being flexible getting the cabinet

removed meant it was on the engine

project had officially begun good job

that was a productive first day so we're

taking the oil out from the engine and

taking it up to the disposal site in our

marina being responsible taking it to

the right place so that it can be

disposed of correctly and it's a

beautiful day here in Evansville all

know it's me when I come through your

town because my boat is so beautiful but

just got crap everywhere

so Jack just drained the transmission

fluid out of the engine transmission is

this piece right here is that fluid to

keep it cool

yeah because friction is heat so gears

running on each other are gonna be hot

and to end it keeps it lubricated yeah

if you've never seen one of these these

are awesome

hand pump oil extractors you can use

them to pretty much suck up any kind of

fluid

they're pretty handy totally handy our

whole transmission has been taken off so

we're looking at the inside of

transmission there's all these weird

ding marks dunes were these ones that

you took off

oh there's one missing holy no but

it might also be that it fell when we

pulled it off like that one could have

come off and it was flopping I guess

we'll find out if we find it if it's all

scratched up oh damn

so given the fact that our galley sink

is a little disconnected right now we

have to wash our dishes outside so I'm

gonna go clean up because it's been a

couple days we haven't really been

cooking much because we don't have our

galley put together and we've got parts

all over the place but we still do have

a couple dishes so I'm gonna go clean

them up a boat is kind of in shambles at

the moment so we've got some work to do

these are the dishes I'm gonna clean see

it's not too bad

[Music]

hello this is Jack Patton I'm calling

today to order a engine housing please

yes nine three three zero five zero once

parts were ordered all we could do was

wait one bolt rattling loose quickly

snowballed into a complete engine

makeover how's it going that nairobi I'm

just hoping I don't get stuck in here

yeah you're good and got food and water

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