Girl Torque - Free Range Sailing Ep 67 

Good work on the little Yanmar. It's a beauty you can even still get bits for older Yanmar motors. Many of the parts for our Volvo-Penta 2000-series are now unobtainium. If the head has to come off ever, it's going to be replaced with a new BetaMarine Diesel. Our scupper tubes are glassed-in bits of copper plumbing tubing, not PVC. They are done exactly like yours with only a small bit at the deck and cockpit glassed in like yours, and the hose connecting onto just the bare metal part sticking out. There is barely enough tube exposed to get two hose clamps on each one which is scary since the water level is just a few inches below the scuppers. If one of those hoses falls off and down here they will surely spew seawater into the engine room at fantastically high output (or input, so to speak. I don't know if even our Rule 3700 bilge pump could keep up). I used stiff exhaust hose for this application. It is tough, and the run is straight down into the through-hull below, so if the connection here failed at this location the stiff hose would stand straight up on its own and not fall over, so the end should stay above the water line. It is also supported so it can't fall over and down even if it were not stiff. I would suggest you do the same with all scuppers and sink drains to support them independently on the hose below the connection so if it ever does break at the top connections the open end of the hose can not fall over and down below the water line. This is what happened to the Wicked Salty blog on RU-vid with their head sink drain. The hose or sink drain tube broke & fell off at the sink connection, and the hose fell down. Because they were away from the boat when this happened and they did not shut the seacock off it resulted in the sinking of their last boat. Scary stuff.

I love that last shot of you two :)

I absolutely love your channel! I learn something every episode, being a single female live aboard I greatly appreciate what both of you are doing.

I am so landlocked here in the States it isn't funny, but I find myself captivated by every episode. I even catch myself nodding in agreement at the technical parts like I know what the hell is going on! I love it. Escapism at its finest!

I felt your pain at the price of parts not to mention the daily yard fee Troy, good call having Pascale torque the head down too, it didn't look like she enjoyed it near as much as reeling in a fish though : )

For torque spec.... who needs Newton-Meters? On this channel, we use Pascals 😀 1 pascal = 1 newton per square metre

Thank you for clear and concise instructions on what you're working on. It's refreshing.

I'm really enjoying your retrofit series. Thanks very much.

Back when I was 23 years old, I'm 50 now, I rebuilt an engine from a Mitsubishi Gallant. Welsh plugs, re-machined block head and timing belt. To this day, it's the proudest achievement of my life. All learnt from a manual. Moral of the story, never underestimate the potential of yourself to learn and do well. Good job Troy and Pascale.

I know nothing about sailboat engines but it's still the fastest 23 minutes on RU-vid. Great Job!

Great job on both the drain tube and the double thumper engine, loved the comment about the materials used to make that part.

You are a fountain of knowledge, and Pascal is a gem!

I just love the way you both explain things. As someone who never will touch a diesel engine, I still found myself thoroughly engrossed in your explanation of all your actions. You & Pascale both are excellent teachers on a variety of subjects and I really appreciate the time you take to share it here with us. You both are amazingly talented 💜💕💜

I love your humor. Having been a professional mechanic for 24 years, it's refreshing to see someone explain things so well and make me laugh at the same time. I look forward to your videos, keep them coming.

Fantastic video of refit, you have a great knowledge of all round boat maintenance, and with Pascal’s willing to get stuck into any work she is required to do to help plus her awesome cooking skills you two are a great inspiration for others following in your footsteps.

Great work guys !!!! Always good to fix some scabby stuff to a better state of function. Aaaaand, great to see Pascale torquing it 😊👍👌⛵️⚓️🍷💕✨

Excellent as usual!!!

Good stuff✔

Nice to see you back at it there is always some thing to fix or repair part of boat life

‘Only found in the centre of the sun’ best quote ever !! Hope you guys are going ok with the weather !?

repairs never end on your ship, keeping her in shape and safe to sail is a life time work …

Well Done, Well Done ! Always educational, informative, humorous and with a calming delivery. Well Done you two!

So encouraging to see how you tackle jobs. Says he, tackling one or two similar issues right now! Thanks guys, pure gold as always. 👍🎉

If those precombustion inserts aren't used in Yanmar's newer engine heads, then I can see where they would cost more than the newer inserts due to the extra setup machine time....but otherwise, someone is screwing Yanmar customers, big time, 'cause they wouldn't be that difficult to machine in a quantity run. After the hassles of your refit, a sail out of the boatyard will give a feeling of confidence in your vessel, like a new beginning. Your episodes are always interesting.....thank you both!!

I stand in awe!

great stuff never a dull moment

Great series! Extremely helpful!

Tank you vidéo magnifique super

I rebuild engines in farm tractors and use sealer on most head gaskets on the older motors. Another step I do is to torque the head bolts again after the engine has run for an hour when it’s hot they always tighten more especially when gasket cement is used. I always joke with the farmers if your not burning your fingers taking the valve cover back off it’s not hot enough. Thanks for all your videos! I am looking forward to your hull fixing videos👍

Makes me want to go out and find an engine to rebuild, this video was fantastic. I always taught students to hold the torque with two hands, one on the handle and one on the head to insure it stays vertical and the handle is perpendicular to the fastener being torqued, also the toque required should be 1/2 the range of the tool. Troy you and Pascal are marvelous I rally enjoy what you do.

Pair of legends! You make great videos, very entertaining.

Sorry to be posting this on an older video, but I only found your channel a few weeks ago and since I see you using hose clamps I can't hold my tongue. Lol. Having come from a diesel background (I owned a trucking company for 14 years) along with owning multiple boats and also getting into personal aircraft I have a lot of experience with hose clamps and developed a great distaste for them. Hose clamps are by design inherently flawed, by using 3 separate pieces in their design they give you 3 different ways to fail. When I started flying and working on my own aircraft I learned the joys of wire clamps. They're simple, easy to put on and even easier to remove, they're a fraction of the cost, they can apply even pressure without applying lateral stresses to the hose, and there is no need to carry multiple sizes of clamps because all you need is a roll of decent stainless steel wire, you can cut to fit. You can buy a clamptite tool or better yet there are tons of RU-vid videos on how to make your own wire clamp tool. There's a reason why they don't use traditional hose clamps on aircraft motors, it's the same reason why boats should never use them, they fail. All the best, keep making great videos and most of all stay safe.

Love Pascale's torque face. Pure concentration. LYW.

I love the Refit Series, sooo interresting. It will help me a lot to refit my own little 20" Sailboat "Mighty Quinn" . Thanks and cheers!

Excellent information! ! !

Just finished this morning replacing the floor in my ski boat with my son "I know phew stinky" but I still love 60mph on the water and the kids and hopefully grand kids will get some fun. Every joint in me is hurting. I can sympathize with the work you are doing. Next project is my trailer sailor a bit slower fun for me.

It is good to see the boat coming together. Looking forward to being on the water again.

Clear, realistic advice and tips...you do a great job simplifying jobs that would scare the novice. Well done...

Like your channel. I’m from Germany and also a sailor .Your episodes are very informative. But the best you both are such a nice couple. Keep going. My boat is only 20 years old but it needs attention too. Best wishes and fair winds.

Liked this one. More, please!

Another teaching session. Thanks for sharing your engine knowledge with us and making is so interesting.

Well done , good team work .

Good work mates ~

Troy your explanation s are excellent , reliable motors well worth keeping up with and much more fun to work on the hard than while afloat I'm sure . Thanks for sharing .

Great job!

A local hardware store recently burnt to the ground. I was walking by on the sidewalk and saw two guys poking around down in what was the basement. I asked, "Hey. What are you guys looking for?". The response was, "The nugget. Everything in this place was priced like it was made of gold. There must be a huge nugget of melted gold down here somewhere.".

You guys are funny, nice to watch, been there to. From a Kiwi sailing couple in England

Thanks for the video. Good to see y'all. I've never seen a torque wrench like that one either.

There's something so satisfying about a clean gasket. Unless it's a cardboard one. The cardboard ones make me feel fretful.

Good tension wrench Troy,I still have my one,and as you say,it's a pleasure to hear the"click"👍 Slowly getting through the boat jobs,it's been in the water for quite some time,a bit unfortunate finding all those spots to have to grind out,but best see to them before they get really bad.

You guys are awesome. Now it's time for me to get some shut eye!

Awesome as always guys. Now I need something to fix!

You guys do good work.

That was funny...watched the first 10 seconds about 8 times....Good on ya Troy.

Another great video guys. Thank you so much for all the info. we just had to remove ours with a hammer (anything can be a hammer) as you did last episode. I don't know how a pick was ever meant to remove the heat shield as the manual described. I was wondering why you decided to buy new pre-combustion chambers rather than cleaning up the old ones? we are at our final stages of our rebuild which involved a cracked piston replacement and changing rings on the other as well as lapping the valves. Honestly have no idea how we had any compression at all but we are getting closer to hearing the beautiful sound of our engine running again after over 4 months of cruising without one. Thanks Again guys.

Another great video!!

great video thanks

Another bloody darn good vlog, keep it up now, and rock on...

Loving these refits. Expensive parts!! I can relate to expensive parts with our daughters wheelchair. The last one was $17K. Nothing like doing repairs the right way, the glass work is great. The engine will run like a Swiss watch now.

......................................................................... Perfect Silence The sound of most Marine Store Invoice's being first viewed ... ✍️)))

Great Video..

So true that if you’re certain of what you’re doing, you don’t have to be as timid

nice video thanks

Great to see you both again.

Hi enjoy this episode you too, xx

***** your videos and Peter Plucky’s are just the best for an old guy to enjoy,, or anybody that has a lot of spare time but to scared to try sailing around the world. I admire your never give up Winston Churchill medearon.

Well, Pascale was close with good job. I would say , great job, not just of rebuilding the engine and a simple bit of fibreglassing, but of EXPLAINING the how, why, and wherefore of what you did . Crystal clear

Thanks you all, much appreciation for all of the details. I may be jumping ahead but am wondering if there will be any details around sanding and also filling the blistered bits. Much gratitude.

Imagine the cost had you not provided your own labor. Your explanation about how diesel burns would be ironically applicable. A steadily expanding bill....;)

Any time I buy automotive parts that are apparently made out of Unobtainium from the dark side of the moon, I ease the sticker shock pain by saying, I couldn't make it for that! Having diesel injectors rebuilt is always heaps more money here than buying new ones due to the shop rate involved so I buy new when I can.

Nice job Troy!!

If you get a bronze or stainless nipple with threads and wrap strands of roving around the threads real tight with the resin and glass it like you did, it will never slip out like that one did. And will be Really strong! That's how I make water or fuel tanks and never had one leak. Fiberglass shrinks as it hardens and you can even unscrew the pipe if you want. If you just glass half the pipe you can screw a elbow on the other end also. Really surprised how clean your motor was! you must change the oil often! should last you the rest of your life! You guys do great work!

That is a cool torque wrench. A satisfying click. :)

Sorry for not paying attention recently BUT i knew you guys were gonna go 50K last year! i think i said it something like "i predict you guys are gonna go 50K by the summer as long as Troy goes topless" lol or something like that! (you know what i said) So glad ya'll are doing well. your content is a bit different and keep it up thats what people like. Honesty turns into followers!

Thankyou for another great video..

Nicely done!

Yanmar parts prices are absolutely ridiculous. I have the 1gm10 which i partly rebuilt and can understand your pain.

Great video!!! Thanks

Great info nicely presented 👍👍

I was looking forward to you sailing arround and though Townsville :) Once in 500 years.

Hope your both dry and safe. Take care.

Greetings from Germany!

Another gold vid... hope you guys didn’t get to wet up there in the floods last weekend!

Very interesting an most helpful technical info. ENgine work was very good.

Another great video ! Thanks for sharing . Cheers !

Nice job on that Troy. Faaark them parts were expensive. That's a nice looking toque wench you got there mate. Cheers.

You misstated the material from which the parts are made. You should have said "unobtanium." I look forward to the time when I may again wish you fair winds and following seas. Thank you for keeping us up to date. You two are top notch!

Can't wait to see the next video hopefully off the hard. : ) peace

Love you guy's

Nice job

I always go back to bolts that are torque wrench tensioned after a few days and go round the world one more time. Often stuff settles after a few days and bolts can be slightly under rated tension. I've seen it on bolts as small as these and on bolts the size of my arm that hold the housing of gas turbines together.

I have a shop full of automotive tools, and I have never seen a torque wrench like that . Thanks.

Warren & Brown... l still got mine from my first set of tools...geees...42years ago...where did that go... Great vid ..cheers

Howdy legends just a quick question, why would you not have just used a through hull fitting for that drainage issue? cheers for the awesome content.. every time!

Great video as always. Thanks a bunch ))) Though I would have to disagree with You on one thing. It may look not pretty to your eyes but what You're doing in front of us looks kind of amazing. You guys magically recovering your Cinderella back )))) Way to go! And guess what?)) I'm going to take a look at a boat next week and if things go OK, I may put an offer on her ;-) And it's all YOUR fault if You know what I mean )))))

Hang in there troy it'll be over with soon.

Cool torque wrench. I’ve never seen one quite like that, and I’ve been wrenching or 30 years or so.....

Please forgive this question, for the engine is already back together... but, should the head bolts have been replaced too? Aren't head bolts/studs restricted to a finite number of torque cycles? On some automotive heads, I have seen a maximum of, say, 6 cycles allowed... and 4 or 5 of those cycles are blown through at the factory when the engine is new. In case anyone reading this is wondering... bolts stretch and the whole torque "game" has to do with that stretch. After stretching, bolts do not return all the way back and have precious little stretch remaining with subsequent torque cycles.

Another great video. Never had a torque wrench like that one. Troy, you're a patient man and not afraid to tackle what comes your way. New T-shirt design...Pascale Gives Good Torque.

Question: Methodolated spritis? = methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) ? I really enjoy the refit series. Can you please show more about how to fix the blisters in the hull and what about the inner side of the hull?