>WEEK 5< DAY 21 - 3 May 2010 (Monday)

Get ready to service the generator set from Temerloh...
The engine for this generator set is Deutz....




Firstly, change the lube oil...Throw away the old oil and add with new oil..
Then, change the fuel filter and oil filter...
After that, fix the belt...
Start the engine...The engine can run..But the problem is the ammeter cannot give the correct reading...
So, as a result we change the ammeter with a new one...
The engine start back and the ammeter give the correct reading....
The task done...

>WEEK 4< DAY 20 - 29 April 2010 (Thursday)

Received a 32 kW generator set from Temerloh...
The task is to service the engine and the problem is the generator set cannot supply fully load...
Due to rain, the work had to do on Sunday..

>WEEK 4< DAY 19 - 28 April 2010 (Wednesday)

Continue repair Deutz engine...
Find the problem in the engine..
Open the cylinder head...
Know the problem...Have a piston deposits at anti fatigue bolt exhaust manifold...
Then, clean the carbon deposits...
After all done...The reassemble all components...

>WEEK 4< DAY 18 - 27 April 2010 (Tuesday)

Breifing about Deutz engine...

The objective is know how to repair Deutz engine...

Step to repair:
-open the rocker chamber cover
-open the removable air cooling
-open the starter
-open the oil filter and fuel filter
-open the filter housing
-open the fuel pump
-open the air cooler
-open the air manifold
-open the exhaust manifold
*All the step must be follow to make the work easy and safe..

>WEEK 4< DAY 17 - 26 April 2010 (Monday)

Help a staff to write a report about the problem that occur in Pulau Tioman..After a work is done, a report must be done to send to the headquarters...As a trainer, I try to do his job as an officer...

>WEEK 4< DAY 16 - 25 April 2010 (Sunday)

As usual, arrive early at office...

Today, many staffs go to course..

Continue work that has been made in Tioman...Wash the radiator fan shaft and it's bearing....Our supervisor check the problems...As a result, the broken shaft and bearing should be submitted to the workshop...

>WEEK 3< DAY 15 - 23 April 2010 (Friday)

At 8.30 am, started work..First, try to change radiator fan from Caterpillar set no 3 to Caterpillar set no 2..When we want to remove fan from set no 2, we found that the shaft bent and the bearing broken..that's why the fan not turn well...So, we put fan from set no 3..Then, we try to start the engine..It works well...The work not finished yet...We want to change the governor...Since set no 3 does not work, so we take governor from set no 3 to put at set no 2...

All the works completed...Now, Caterpillar engine set no 1 and 2 can run and supply electricity..

When we get ready to back, officer call our staff and told him to completed the Caterpiller engine set no 3..We are confused about it..Set no 3 can't run because not have radiator fan..So, we must find the fan..After discussed, we try to go to Rompin and try to take the fan at store..

At 2 pm, we all back to Rompin...Arrived at Rompin about 6 pm..But the fan not same with engine at Tioman...Called manager and told him about the problem..He want to go back to Tioman and bring back the broken fan...

>WEEK 3< DAY 14 - 22 April 2010 (Thursday)

Woke up early...After breakfast, go to jetty..Usually, the earliest ferry from Mersing to Pulau Tioman at 10 am..But today, the first jetty is 12.30 pm because water receding..We arrived at Tioman at 2.30 pm...

Without wasting time, we continued our work..At TNB Tioman, there are 3 set Caterpillar engine and two set Wartsila engine..The problem is, only one Caterpillar engine and one Wartsila engine can run..But, it cann't fully supply electricity.

So, we try to find the cause of the damaged..First, we services set 2 Caterpillar engine..We change the belt and the alternator charger...The old alternator charger can't function very well..
Then, we started the engine..One other problem come...The problem is the radiator fan..When we started, the fan turned and hit the radiator cover..

At first we want to continue, but it's late..We stopped at 7 pm..

>WEEK 3< DAY 13 - 21 April 2010 (Wednesday)

Last week, officer from TNB Pulau Tioman called manager DMU Lemal to complain about the engine...2 or 3 days before the engine not work well..So, he want one team from DMU to go there...On this occasion, I also joined...

After prepared all the tools, 2 staffs and I start to moved to Tioman...Before go to Tioman, we must stop at TNB Rompin to take engine components..At TNB Rompin, there are a workshop where in the workshop have many damaged engine especially CATERPILLAR engine..



We arrived at TNB Rompin at 6 pm. We open the engine and take a water pump and alternator charger from one of the engine..The officer from Tioman said maybe the problem is water pump...So, we prepared for it...We finished at 9 pm..




After all finished, we all continue a journey to Tioman...We arrived at Mersing at 11pm and slept at a hotel at Mersing...

>WEEK 3< DAY 12 - 20 April 2010 (Tuesday)

Continue repair generator mobile from KT...All the services almost completed...Today, the task is to paint the engine, make a new tank for the engine and change the new base...

After all done, the engine are connected back with the base..Finally, the engine placed back in the van...