Putting It All Together
I spent about an hour on the phone with a Caterpillar
mechanic, Charlie Smithwick. Charlie has his own business in Florida. One nice thing about South Florida is that there are a lot of boats, so there is a large
database of experiences to draw from. Charlie maintains a lot of boats with
3126’s and he is very knowledgeable about their strengths and weaknesses.
Charlie’s take is that if run “properly”, the engine is solid. He spent some time defining “properly” for me and sent me a bunch of information of on this engine. If we move forward, I will contract with Charlie to do the mechanical survey on the boat so I can leverage his expertise.
The Port 3126 on Gallinero