Annapolis School of Seamanship - Diesel

[FIRE]

Anybody with recent experience with this school/class or another reccomendation in the Northeast for Cummins training? Not that the school is engine specific but I have researched a little and can't find anything but a tech school offering a year long program.
Like many others I am looking to learn how to troubleshoot, maintain, repair AND know when a job is beyond my capability.

Side question - How much do I need to spend on a torque wrench to buy limited duty usage.

 

[mvweebles]

Torque wrench: Project Farm YouTube is my go-to for questions like this.

https://youtu.be/HP4uECoH8cc

Spoiler: DeWalt and Icon/Harbor Freight did well in his testing. Both around $130 are time of his testing.

Peter

 

[Bmarler]

Anybody with recent experience with this school/class or another reccomendation in the Northeast for Cummins training? Not that the school is engine specific but I have researched a little and can't find anything but a tech school offering a year long program.
Like many others I am looking to learn how to troubleshoot, maintain, repair AND know when a job is beyond my capability.

Side question - How much do I need to spend on a torque wrench to buy limited duty usage.

No help on the diesel training, but here’s a torqu wrench I’ve purchased a few times. They’ll replace it no questions asked if it fails. I use it daily in an industrial setting and it holds up as well as anything else I’ve used.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C5ZL1NS/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

[Porgy]

It’s been several years ago but I took both the basic and advanced diesel courses at ASS and thought them worthwhile. The classroom/hands on style made it interesting and the emphasis on analytical troubleshooting was valuable. A friend took one of the electrical courses and she was equally impressed.

As for a torque wrench I’ve been using CDI torque wrenches for years. Considered pro duty and not inexpensive. I’ve had my fill of junk Craftsman and HF tools breaking.

 

[ranger58sb]

Anybody with recent experience with this school/class or another reccomendation in the Northeast for Cummins training? Not that the school is engine specific but I have researched a little and can't find anything but a tech school offering a year long program.
Like many others I am looking to learn how to troubleshoot, maintain, repair AND know when a job is beyond my capability.

Side question - How much do I need to spend on a torque wrench to buy limited duty usage.

I took the Basics and Levei II diesel courses from ASoS back in 2010... and I thought very useful, well taught, good hands-on. They use small sailboat diesels in the classroom, so it didn't provide hands-on with turbos and aftercoolers... but the basics were very good.

I got a Craftsman torque wrench last year. Don't remember how much it cost from the local Ace hardware.

-Chris