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I suspect that lots of folk on here have not heard of belt dressing.

screwfix sell prep discs for an angle grinder for about eight pound fifty each they get down to bare metal easily great kit

The engine has come out of a lifeboat bought from a firm in dorset I think they sourse them from india where they break ships They check em out service and run them so they are supposedly good and low hours It starts straight away no smoke My thoughts on the vibes are because the original engine bearers were too far apart i extended the brackets So the rubber mflex mount is about five inches from the block instead of about two I suspect this may give the engine more flex than it needs I will try solid mounts next

Nick sold me the mounts

The mounts were sold to me by the dealer for the engine The only mod i had to make was to extend the brackets out to suit the engine bearers My next job was to try to move them nearer to the motor which is quite a job The bracket was just bolted onto the top of the rubber Any height adjustment was by shimming under the mount Just for your interest the engine is in to replace the bolinder munktel which has now completely worn out RIP {rest in pieces} .

Hi everyone THis is my first post .Im fitting a dv24 into my boat .I was advised by a bukh specialist that it had to be rubber mounted or the mountings could break .I have done so but the thing vibrates far too much Have i been misinformed ? The engines have counter balancers and my experience with twin engines says solid mount them Hoping someone on here can help .