Well, turns out I did find a 17mm socket for a 1/2" drive... but it's a 12-point so not great. Had to make a trip to bring the oil over, and...
Yeah, working on filters today. And sure enough I can't budge the drain plugs yet. Turns out I see I don't have a 17mm socket for the 1/2"...
I can imagine. I just started an engine oil change, which will end up spanning several days. Yesterday was the "heat the engines (boat ride),...
Aftercooler and heat exchanger service is off-engine. Remove, let the radiator shop (for example) do their magic, reinstall. Don't remember...
Would likely have seemed under-powered anyway. Most 43MYs had 8.3CTAs or Volvol TAMD 480s or some such. Rust stains on thru-hulls are often from...
I think we have the electronic/common rail V-8 "little brother" to those -- D2848LE423. AKA V8-900 CRM. So far, so good. It was expensive to...
We could have considered a 459, but there never was one for sale while we were shopping. If it's got Zeus pod drives, you may want to read up on...
Tricky. Sometimes you can get a (n electric) pressure washer wand in the crevices, and sometimes you can suck up the water with shop vac...