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From: Arild Jensen (no email)
Date: Sun Oct 15 2006 - 14:18:14 EDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Haefele
> I need to find a vendor to get parts to rebuild a Westerbeke 42B
> Diesel that uses a Mitsubishi block. Parts cost from Westerbeke is
prohibitive ($700
> gasket set).
REPLY
Since you already know its a Mitsubishi block why don't you contact the
industrial engine supplier.
My dodge truck used a Mitshubishi diesel engine and the Dodge dealer wanted
$2500 for a replacement cylinder head without valves installed. Instead I
got a remanufactured replacement head ready to bolt on for $750.
Mind you the entire gasket set is rather expensive so don't buy the whole
set.
Contact autopart shops selling Felpro products. Many of the gaskets you can
make yourself.
Neoprene gaskets can sometimes be replaced with "gasket in a tube" type
products. It just takes a bit of practice to get the knack. But isn't that
what DIY is all about?
Cruising on a shoe string budget and finding cheap solutions to expensive
problems. <VBG>
Of course YMMV
Arild
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