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Installation

Great attention should be paid to practicability and accessibility when installing the marine diesel engines.
The bed must be right and designed to distribute the load over the largest possible area of the hull. Before
bolting down the engines, make sure that there are no bending loads between the frame and the bearing
brackets or engine bed. Make sure also that the engine and propeller shafts line up properly. Alignment,
which is best done with the help of shims, should be rechecked both after launching and when the engine
has been in service some time in order in order sure that the engine bed has not given.

WARNING. Engine stern slope must not exceed 15”

All coolant pipe lines should be of copper and run without sharp bends. Drain cocks should be fitted wherever water locks can arise.
If there is no engine casing, the marine diesel should be installed with a belt guard. This can, for instance,
be in the form of a light angle-iron structure, covered with wire netting and attached to the engine bed by
wing nuts for easy removal for belt replacements, etc

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