T&T: Gardner Engine

[Rock Bradford]

As I said, Gardner no longer manufactures new engines.  This is my third
boat with a Gardner in it, previous was an 80' New Zealand motorsailer with
an 8L3B and an earlier boat with a 6LX.  I love them.  In my view, they are
the finest marine diesel ever made.  I am not making this up.  I have spoken
to the folks @ Gardner in the past and gotten what I consider the straight
scoop from them.  I continue to order Gardner filters from the UK.  You can
all parse whether or not new Gardners are currently made all you want.  This
does not make it true.  There is no reason why a properly maintained
remanufactured Gardner will not manage to operate another 40-50,000 hrs.

Rock Bradford

On Feb 10, 2008 9:26 PM, Leo Hill <leo78217 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I quote from their web site - emphasis mine.
>
> "We are also the only *remanufacturer* of Gardner engines..."
>
> Someone with direct knowledge may correct me, but I believe that this
> company is taking existing blocks and parts and rebuilding them on an as
> ordered basis.  Of course they also supply - at a very dear cost I'm sure
> -
> new parts from the remaining 'new' stock, albeit a decade or two old.
>
> Best,
>
> Leo
> On Feb 10, 2008 8:19 PM, Jim Davey <jdavey1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > At "gardnermarinediesels.com", they seem to imply that a new company is
> > still making most of the old engines.
> >
> > Also, at "YachtWorld.com" under "Boats" then "Advanced Seach", putting
> in
> > a keyword of "garderner diesel" brings up a great collection of older
> (but
> > gooder) boats - some almost 100 years old!
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:34:33 -0600
> > > From: leo78217 at gmail.com
> > > To: trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com
> > > Subject: Re: T&T: Gardner Engines
> > >
> > > Generally, manufacturing entities build 'stuff' in advance of
> > anticipated
> > > sales. Perhaps this was the case with Gardner. There could have been
> > > anywhere from dozens to hundreds of dozens of their various engine
> > models
> > > sitting in warehouses awaiting a buyer when the company decided to go
> > out of
> > > business.
> > >
> > > Perhaps Shaw Diesel was fortunate in finding a great deal on some of
> > this
> > > stock. Perhaps Shaw Diesel is selling a new engine that could be 15 or
> > more
> > > years old, but never has been installed.
> > >
> > > To imply that they are not - without any stated first hand knowledge -
> > > should be beneath anyone's personal integrity. Since your email
> address
> > > suggests that you are in southeast Pennsylvania, perhaps you can tell
> us
> > Mr.
> > > Rogers how you know the exact status of the engines Shaw Diesel has on
> > their
> > > web site?
> > >
> > > Just wondering of course.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Leo
> > >
> > > On Feb 10, 2008 4:48 PM, Ron Rogers <rcrogers6 at kennett.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Although it was mentioned that Gardner Engineering no longer
> > manufactures
> > > > engines, Shaw Diesel in NZ thinks that they are still selling new
> > > > Gardners:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.shawdiesels.co.nz/gardner.htm
> > > >
> > > > Ron Rogers
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