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Gardner 8L3B Replacement?

Discussion in 'Technical Discussion' started by Elastoboy, Oct 20, 2011.

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  1. bosun56

    bosun56 New Member

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    As an example of the Gardner heritage, here's the engine room of SV Southern Cross, a 62' yacht built for the MD of Gardner in 1972. Her engine room has 3 Gardners: a mirrored pair of 6L3B and a 3LW Generator.


    And this playlist has a video of each model I can find so far.
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  2. Antony

    Antony New Member

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    Hi Elestoboy

    What did you settle on, I have a Gardner replacement job, looking at 16 litre Scania's
  3. Antony

    Antony New Member

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    8L3Bs that is
  4. Farmer Steve

    Farmer Steve New Member

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    Hey Jon, Still around? I have a boat I am buying with twin 8L3B's with 15,000 hours on them and I'm thinking they might be ready for a rebuild. They run fine but that is quite a few hours although I don't really know how long these little rascals last with decent maintenance??