Marine Power Services Rebrands to MPS Vintage Diesels
Posted - 10th April 2020
To accompany the new website detailed in our last news update we are happy to announce the rebrand of Marine Power Services to MPS Vintage Diesels. This change has been made to ensure that from a branding level it best describes what we do. Yes we do vintage engines for marine, but this is only a small part of what we do, we also support vintage diesels in any application including Industrial, Rail, Power Generation, Truck and Bus.
New Look MPS Website
Posted - 10th April 2020
Acquisition of Fuel Injection Stock
In House Fuel Injection Equipment
Posted - 24th July 2018
Although companies that recondition fuel injection equipment are commonplace across the UK, it is becoming increasingly hard to find one's that have detailed knowledge of older mechanical fuel injection equipment. Many are lost if it doesn't involve plugging in a laptop. Because of this MPS have expanded our in house services to cover this shortfall and have the equipment and expertise to overhaul, test and calibrate most common makes and models of injector pumps, governors and injectors found in these old engines including, CAV - A, AA, B, C, D, N, NN, BZ and Bosch PE, PES pumps.
New Parts Cleaning Facilities
Posted - 2th December 2017
After many years of scrubbing, scrubbing and more scrubbing by hand all of the parts when we recondition an engine, MPS now has, in house, hot chemical parts wash facilities. This means no more scrubbing, but don't tell my wife... she will want me to do the washing up next...
Old MPS workshop meets its end
Posted - 17th June 2017
Those of you who have been keeping up with what is going on here at MPS will know that back in 2015 we were fitting out a new workshop, this gave us the space to expand but also highlighted just how "past it" the old workshop really was. So as summer 2017 is upon us the old MPS workshop gets a date with Martyn in a mini digger. The old workshop is to be removed before a new larger workshop is built in its place. This will house the machine shop items leaving the other workshop for engine assembly and stores.
Pair of Gardner 6LX marine engines
The end of 2016 sees the arrival of a special pair of engines and a rare combination of the day job and these old engines for me (Martyn). These engines have been temporarily removed for ex RNLI Lifeboat ON989 - RNLB James and Catherine Macfarlane. She was built by Berthon Boat Company, Lymington in 1967. Serving at Padstow, Cornwall from 1967 to 1983 and then The Lizard, Cornwall from 1983 until 1987 when she was withdrawn from service. Early in 1988 she was put on display to the public at Lands End, Cornwall where she remained until mid 2016 when due to her deteriorating condition she was sold to the current owners.
To compliment this boats return to the sea, she is undergoing an end to end refit and conversion for pleasure use whilst retaining her lifeboat looks externally. MPS have been tasked to return the pair of Gardner's that have not run in 30 years to full working order.
New Workshop fitout.
Following on from our last update the new workshop is now up and running with the first engines to go through the new workshop being a Gardner 2LW and a Kromhout 3LS
New Workshop fitout.
Following on from our update back in May many things have been happening at MPS. With the new workshop nearing completion the time has now come to start moving the many tonnes of engines, spares and equipment from one site to the other and the weekend saw the first engines arrive in our new workshop. Over the coming weeks we will completing the electrical fit out in the new workshop and sorting, cataloging and stowing away our stock of parts in our new stores area. as part of this work many new items will be available on our website over the coming weeks.
New Workshop fitout.
Since the departure of the Gardner 6L3 that was filling our workshop until late March our focus now has moved temporarily from the day to day re-manufacturing of vintage diesel engines to the fitting out of a new workshop. Our intention is for this to supplement our existing facilities for both engine re-manufacturing and to allow for expansion further into parts production. As recent years have seen an ever declining supply of some of the most commonly used parts ,and those that are available are of dubious quality, we will be adding the ability to manufacture, in house, CNC casting patterns, gaskets and press tooling for composite head gaskets etc . In particular accurately sized Lister JP,JS & JK head gaskets.
Repair and Recommissioning of a 1956 Gardner 6L3 engine.
New Online Store for 2015
Repair and Recommissioning of a 1956 Gardner 6L3 engine.
Repair and Recommissioning of a 1956 Gardner 6L3 engine.
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