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Are you sure the crank shaft is broken? Or is that an assumption? That was one of the things we were told about our Ford Lehman 120 by a Deisel mechanic, before we found out it was the damper plate between the tranny and engine.

Now that is a mystery. Why did the damper plate springs break, seize engine, just because a bilge hose broke and filled 10" of water in bilge? Mechanically, it makes no sense as I can tell.

Here is a picture of my brothers garage. Notice the Borg Warner transmission from the Ford Lehman. He decided to rebuild the tranny just for fun:)

We had the Willard 40 off shore in '97 and it was very comfortable in five foot seas. Back in '89 my dad and I brought his Willard 30 up from SF to Victoria. We hit 20 foot seas in that boat off Coos Bay, OR and it handled very well! I don't think the GB would do so great... Of course, I'm not...

Hey Keith, nice to hear from you. Monroe is in a holding pattern:( not sure that it is going to happen.

Yes, it was very fortunate to find out it was a relatively minor problem. In the process we pulled the head and injectors and exhaust manifold. Hopefully the reinstall will go well. As for Monroe, we are in a holding pattern:( Hey Rusty, I'm so glad we had the opportunity to make that talk by...

Just a quick note on our Ford Lehman 120 seizing on the Sacramento River last summer. After a bilge pump hose burst and filled the bilge with water, causing us to shut down the engine and bail out the water, we spent five hot days of 112 degree weather trying to get the boat running again. We...

New to the Trawler Forum, but not new to the trawler life. I grew up with a boating family aboard a 40' Santa Barbara cruising the PNW with mom, dad and brother in the '70's. In the '80's it was a Willard 30 Mark IV. In '97 dad bought a Willard 40 Nomad and shortly there after, a Grand Banks 32...