I really like Nigel Calder's "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual" for general boat maintenance, it has to be the best all round marine maintenance book ever written. However I have to say I prefer Luc Pallas' book on Diesel Engine maintenance over Calder's "Marine Diesel Engines" as the layout is better, it separates maintenance and repair tasks each into separate sections, with diagrams, photos, and lots of helpful advice on each section. Takes you from the basics of doing an oil change to tasks that almost equate to an engine rebuild, step by step.
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