[C320-list] Technical contact for Perkins Engine

[Donald Lawson]

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Just as an aside and a comment to get you all talking.  I am sure there are as many opinions as there are 320s. I had  a two cyl Volvo in my Santana 3030.  I removed it and rebuilt it from the bottom up. Reground crank, new rods & pistons, Valve job, block and heads resurfaced, new injectors, etc, etc, etc.  Not my first time to rebuild an engine.  After blowing a head gasket  at Santa Cruz Island after two years I replaced it with a Yanmar 3gm.  Rebuild the Perkins from the Bottom up or replace it with a yanmar.  
Don Lawson
Mandon Wind, 2004
Ventura, CA
On Mar 13, 2018, at 6:23 PM, Bill Carr wrote:

>  I have used Pacific Power for my Perkins 1 800 882 3860.  I had the M 30 pulled out yesterday after it’s premature demise. I’m replacing it with a new Volvo D1 30. I’m sure it would’ve been less expensive to rebuild the Perkins, I just didn’t want to continue replacing  parts. Turns out the Volvo uses the same Perkins block so I’m hoping for an easy swap for the mechanic and another 25 years of cruising the Puget Sound.
> Bill ,Utopia,#31
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>> On Mar 12, 2018, at 7:56 PM, Ian Davis <iand2002 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> For unrelated reasons, I ended up leaving my c320 (1993 "Wind Star" #18) for many, many months without any loving attention including NOT starting the engine regularly.  When I finally did this I found that my Perkins Perama M30 had seized something internally and was backfiring on one of the cylinders every revolution.  A diesel knowledgeable friend took a look and found that one of the con-rods had bent and we need a new one (and gaskets etc.)
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>> I looked at  Perkins web-site (and some other sources) for parts information, but just found it all very confusing (for one thing they are based in the UK).
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>> So, my question to the group:  Does anyone have good experiences of a US-based Perkins small diesel expert who I could contact and get help to find all the identification codes I need from the engine and then source the required parts and information for me.
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>> Thanks in advance    ---- Ian Davis --- Cape Coral - Florida.
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