Still, the engine will die if I throttle all the way down to 600 RPMs too quickly. I just called Caterpillar. The person I spoke to gave me a few more ideas on what to check. He also said that if I send the fuel injector pump assembly to them, it could run up to about $1,000.00 to fix!!... I hope it doesn't come to that...

I have seen people die from these infections. There are reasonable alternatives to a watermaker--but don't take a risk with your life. Yes people live in these areas--There is some immunity to these diseases--but there is also morbidity and mortality. Do not risk your health. A watermaker is not the only safe way.

It's not in manuals, but bolt on stuff causes all kinds of failures which make engines die before their time. If you have Lehmans and call Bob or Brian at American Diesel, they have a good handle on the duty cycles. Elbows are 2000 hours, for example. Re coolers, oil in the water isn't terminal, but water in the oil can be.

The only problem I see is that There is a scum in the salt tank caused by the creepy-crawlees die-ing when they hit the brine in the tank. I talked to Vic Wilman at Reritan about that and he said there was no reason it wouldn't work, and it will use marginally less salt. The vacuflush works fine, except that I get a build-up of salt in the plumbing.

I think that if it came down to a live or die situation and the tradeoff was increasing vanishing stability versus improvements in structural integrity of cabin, windows and prevention of down flooding I think I would go for the latter. It's the total picture, not any one single math formula that counts.

"A Glorious Way to Die," by Russel Spurr (if you're into books about naval conflict, this is the extremely well told story of the Japanese battleship "Yamato", which with her sister ship the "Musashi," was the biggest, most powerful battleship ever built.) C. Marin Faure GB36-403 "La Perouse" Bellingham, Washington

There is a risk of Mr Rat crawling into a corner and dieing--but I sure don't want to wake up with one on my head, chewing on my ear. I had one on a sport fisher. We knew about it, but were unable to club it or get it into the open--shooting it was not an option.

You will want to locate the die that most closely fits your tube OD. Perform the bending operation very slowly. If one goes too fast, there is danger of collapsing the tube. I have been told that some of the old timers would fill the tube with sand prior to bending, as an aid to avoid collapsing the tube.

Bosch 12 inch chop saw (however I saw a new laser guided Hitatchi that is >to die for) >7. Miller XMT 304 CC/CV mig welder with 1 pound spool gun (you gotta have >this on an aluminum boat) >8. Pair of Milwaukee mini grinders (usually one has a wire brush and one has >a non-ferrous grinding wheel on it) > >Do we have to stop at eight?

They try to start--getting to 300-500 rpms > and then die. > Cat has no answers. Anyone have a clue??