Starting in late April
2005 the Kuroshio went into refit. The refit
started with the interior. This involved replacing all of the interior
paneling. After all of the old paneling was removed it made sense to replace
all of the wiring underneath the paneling. After all the wiring in the
cabin was replaced and upgrades made to the electrical system, new paneling
was installed. This turned out to be allot of work, but it turned out
pretty good. While the interior was getting it's face lift, a new engine
was being ordered. I Had some trouble getting an order put in for a new
engine. Finally I got that figured. Next, I always thought there was a
big warehouse full of marine transmissions. I was wrong. It looked like
there was going to be a three month wait. Things didn't look good. Thanks
to Ken Martin From Pacific Surface
Drives I got one just as the engine was showing up. The job seemed
like it was almost done. I Was wrong again, turned out most of the work
wasn't done. So for 12 hours a day for the next 60 days I removed everything
from the engine room, and with allot of cutting, grinding, cleaning, welding
and fitting a new Volvo D-9 and Arneson
Drive ASD-10 was installed, and the job was done.
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