Tag Archives: bearings
2010 Week 13 In Review
This week, we’re still painting the Enterprise diesel on the Maris Pearl. Most of the engine is green and we’re highlighting the big E on each base door in silver, and polishing all the explosion door spring retainers. That’s right … Continue reading
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2009 Week 25 in Review
This June is a very busy month for Old Tacoma Marine Inc. Right after last week’s great Diesel Engine Theory class, I got back on an airplane for Illinois. Back to Quincy I got back in to Quincy and the … Continue reading
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2009 Week 24 in Review
OTM Inc spent most of this week working on the Arthur Foss‘s Washington, but first: Update on the Lightship #83 Following our successful preparation of a Preliminary Engineering Report two years ago, Northwest Seaport has asked OTM Inc to submit … Continue reading
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2009 Week 23 in Review
Still scraping bearings OTM Inc spent most of this week scraping and fitting rod bearings for the Indian Grave Drainage Pumphouse‘s Fairbanks-Morse diesels, and making some fine adjustments to the main bearings. I did this with much relief, after getting … Continue reading
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2009 Week 22 in Review
Still scraping bearings This week in the Indian Grave Drainage District pumphouse, I measured the bearings for Engine One, then bounced from engine to engine lapping, scraping, lapping, scraping, lapping, scraping, and cleaning. Lia flew out to visit and we … Continue reading
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2009 Week 21 in Review
This week, OTM Inc is still in Illinois, fitting bearings. Still scraping bearings Last week, three of us started scraping the re-babbitted bearings into the Fairbanks-Morse diesels in Illinois. We got everything set up and started barring the engine over … Continue reading
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2009 Week 17 in Review
OTM Inc in Illinois I spent most of this week in the middle of an Illinois corn field, but it sure felt like the bilge. The worksite is called “the bottoms,” a huge area about ten feet below the Mississippi … Continue reading
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2009 Week 15 in Review
Back from Mexico! I got a sunburn, but OTM Inc moved right along. Calls from Illinois While I was in Mexico, Dan was fielding a lot of calls from Lamar Construction in Illinois. They’re coordinating main bearing work on three … Continue reading
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