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ELDEAN OPERATING MANUAL
NW Explorations
Check the Room
Whenever you’re in the engine room, ask, “Does everything look right?”. Look at the pads under the engines and
transmissions: while some drips are normal, there shouldn’t ever be substantial accumulations of any fluids!
Check the Sea Strainers
Once a week, or immediately if either engine runs “hot”. The engine strainers are in the forward end of the engine room
center bilge. The refrigeration sea strainer just to port of the port engine strainer. The genset strainer is under the teak
grid forward of the genset. To check a strainer, shine a flashlight through it. While some “fuzziness” from trapped thin
growth is normal, you should see the light clearly on the other side; if obscured, you should clean the strainer.
Check the Transmission Oil Level
Once every two weeks, more often if a transmission shifts
erratically, check the transmission oil level with the dipstick on
the starboard side of each transmission. It is unlikely that any oil
will need to be added. Be sure to check under the transmission
for leaks! Low transmission oil is a serious matter.
With the engine idling, remove the transmission dipstick. Wipe
it with a towel, reinsert it, and take a reading. If the level is
below the add mark, stop the engine, add a pint of the same oil
used for the engine crankcases through the plug in the top of
the transmission case, and then start the engine and measure
again. Do not overfill, for to do so could cause the seals to “blow
out”.
The engines are controlled at the lower helm with a key and
start button; at the upper helm there are stop and start buttons
for emergencies.
4J3: Engine Controls
Standard Controls
Eldean is fitted with standard push-pull cable engine controls. There are
engine controls at both helms.
Electronic Controls
The engines on Eldean also have electronic controls for certain functions.
These controls are located at each helm station:
Engine Sync Used to synchronize the engines to avoid vibration and
“beating” noise underway. W hen engaged, the starboard throttle is the “Master” throttle, so that once synch is turned
on, the boat will be controlled by that throttle.
The dipstick (right) and the oil fill (red cap)
is easily seen on each transmission.
The electronic control switches