AmigaDave
Registered User
Have any of you heard of, or seen an idi converted for use in a houseboat, with cooling water circulated from the lake/river?
I like the simplicity and lack of electronics dependency of the idi diesels, and have been thinking of retiring on a very large houseboat of my own design and making, and diesel propulsion has decided advantages over gasoline. I'm mechanically competent, but no auto/truck mechanic, so I don't know if this idea is feasible, or practical, but I have the donor truck with almost 400,000 miles on it, that I could remove and rebuild the 7.3 idi engine from.
What do you think?
I like the simplicity and lack of electronics dependency of the idi diesels, and have been thinking of retiring on a very large houseboat of my own design and making, and diesel propulsion has decided advantages over gasoline. I'm mechanically competent, but no auto/truck mechanic, so I don't know if this idea is feasible, or practical, but I have the donor truck with almost 400,000 miles on it, that I could remove and rebuild the 7.3 idi engine from.
What do you think?