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Old 04-16-2017, 07:53 PM   #4
Ski in NC
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I did some work on what I think was the nextgen 5.5. It had a two cylinder Kubota and a belt drive capacitor regulated gen end. Capacitor went bad so it had no AC output. Easy fix, got him going on short order.

Unit was without soundbox mounted in engine room. I recall it being a bit loud and rough. Not horrible, but not the "purr" of the 3cyl 1800rpm machines. This was a fishing boat, they did not care a bit about the noise. But on a trawler where sometimes you have to sleep with gennie on, it would not be top of the list.

But the 8BTD is not the quietest 3cyl either. So if that beast did not bother you, the nextgen might be ok.
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