I run lots of EMD diesels as a class one locomotive engineer. When I started 25 years ago many old 567 powered locomotives were still running. What amazes me is that the 710 and all of its DDEC electronics are all modern age. At the same time it runs a diesel which is an evolution of what was initially designed in the 1930s. A guy who worked in Boston and Maine’s Billerica Shop in 1943 could get the DeLorean up to 88 mph and land in 2022. He’d probably be able to grab some wrenches and get to work on the 710.
Very cool. I have always loved the sound of the old EMD 2-stroke engines. I got to put my hands on one in a GP38AC locomotive at a museum last week. Unfortunately most of the electrics had been gutted from it so there wasn't an opportunity to fire it up. Although it was incredibly cool to put hands on all of the switches, relief valves, primer/starter, leyshaft, etc. that i've seen in so many youtube videos. As an aside I always love seeing a nice clean engine room.
cool video. imagine a V-20 710 cold start to full power, then to full load in 10 seconds. nuclear power plants have them. they have stored compressed air to start and oil heaters. 4160V three phase and maybe 4900 kW. to hear it just behind the flywheel is an awesome growl.
The best part is to hear that and know that the vital plant systems will stay energized and we will not put molten nuclear fuel to the bottom of the containment vessel rendering 500 square miles or more of land uninhabitable.
If someone swaps out a part, puts the used part in the box and writes on that box “used-good” and I find it, it automatically goes in the trash. Engine rooms collect the arranges garbage.
That the first time I have seen an electronic fuel injected EMD started. I did governor work for many years had to check the rack every time I had to change out a governor. Thanks for the video
It actually doesn't have diagnostics on it which sucks. It only has run time data like injector pulse width, temps, etc. If there is an alarm for some reason all it shows is "EMS Alarm" and I have to troubleshoot it with a laptop.
Zack Sprawls yes, I have to run that on a separate laptop though. For some reason the it wasn’t installed on a stationary system which would have been nice.
I worked for the C&NW RR they set me out to start an EMD SD45 and it was -10 deg could not get it to fire and the water drains were frozen, was told to tiewrap two 16oz starting fluid and throw in both side airboxs, violent start but no cracked block from 350 gal straight water
Saw some finger pointing going on there! LOL. Nice that the lights don't dim when you hit the starter unlike my car! Oh, forgot, it's and air starter! Got it.
@@epicfred A heavy duty pneumatic check valve on the discharge line will likely stop that. It will relieve tank pressure from sitting on the unloader valves until the compressor gets up to speed and loads. If you have dual compressors adjust the kick-in and kick-out pressures so there is a definite lead/lag delay so they don't start simultaneously. Maybe you already know all that but I'm an old fart trying to pass on a little hard earned knowledge. 34 years as a tug C/E.
I was mostly joking. If a lot of things are all running at once and my captain turns the hydraulics on which are on a soft starter you can hear the generator load up and the lights dim just a hair for maybe a second. Those generators are pretty responsive.
The prelude and the oil transfer pump are tied into the same lines. If I have to add oil to that engine I’ll have to turn a lot of valves. But yes, it’s a pretty easy engine to run and start which is nice.
@@epicfred I've got separated lines and pumps for the pre lube system, then a separate pump for adding clean oil to the engines and another pump for pumping used oil out of the engines on the boat I work on. I've worked on older boats that only had one pump to do all 3 jobs on both engines before so I like the setup I have now a lot better.
That engine has an automatic prelube sequence. You push the start button once and it starts a timer for I think 15 minutes of prelube, if you don’t start it before then it just shuts off. Then there is a pressure sensor lockout, you can’t roll the engine over to blow it down or start it till at least 5 psi of oil pressure I think. I don’t work on that boat anymore so I forget what all the parameters are. The did make it pretty dummy proof though.
Also, I forgot. This engine does not have a block heater or a lube oil heater. There is a diesel fired heater for the engine room but it never gets cold enough to need to use it.
EpicFred Haha sounds like I’d be a great engine mechanic on your boat. I’ve spent 8 years working for railways. We used the Jd powertech 4045 and 6068 on a lot of our track maintenance equipment I used to fix, and now work on EMD engine in the locomotives themselves. I find it curious that you guys use the expansion tank cooling system off the locomotives it seems. I figured you’d just use direct seawater cooling. Does your boat have radiators for cooling, or do you run a heat exchanger sea water cooler?
When i pushed the green start button before I started opening the blowdown valves, that started a prelube sequence. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z-q1zDkE8zE.html
I'll start making a video a midnight tonight edit: Here is a link to a crappy "day in the life" video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MDr06ZdzTG4.html
I was switching the boat from shore power to generator power. I used the test valve wrench to close the breaker, holding onto something makes it easier to flip.
When I killed the shore power the system alarms because it sees a power loss. That boat can’t sync generators or shore power, so you just have to open one breaker and close another.
