A few more pieces in place...
The Repowering Project: Day 17 (Friday)
Woke to steady rain, found that we'd been visited early by Jason who'd left the engine mount brackets and a fibreglass water trap at the foot of the ladder. The brackets are made of 10mm steel and look like they could hold up the Sydney Harbour bridge - seriously heavy. Keith appeared not long after, we hauled the new mounts up the ladder, lifted the engine and tried it in place on the mounts. Found that the mounts would need some minor adjustment to clear the bell housing. Left them in place under the engine so that Jason could come Saturday to measure up for the change. With the engine back in the compartment we had companionway steps again, which made the rest of the day much more comfortable and allowed us to clean up a bit.
The second hand water trap turned out to be a bit too large, so that problem remained unsolved. On our daily lunch/shopping trip we bought screws and adhesive to attach the soundproofing, and on return the mate cut the the pieces of soundproofing to fit the roof while the engineer did the cut-out in the front of the lazarette to take the instrument panel, and cut out the panel in the lazarette to provide access to cut the bigger hole for the new exhaust.
Graham, a boatie who passed by to talk to Keith, turned out to have a brand-new Vetus water trap that was surplus to his requirements, so he brought it down for us to try. This one turned out to be too small. We thought of putting two in series, but that won't work either, so we are still considering out options.
Weather cleared to a warm afternoon and an evening so balmy that the cat insisted on going for an evening stroll around the dinghy sheds. He's proved that at 18 he can still climb up the ladder to get back aboard.
Woke to steady rain, found that we'd been visited early by Jason who'd left the engine mount brackets and a fibreglass water trap at the foot of the ladder. The brackets are made of 10mm steel and look like they could hold up the Sydney Harbour bridge - seriously heavy. Keith appeared not long after, we hauled the new mounts up the ladder, lifted the engine and tried it in place on the mounts. Found that the mounts would need some minor adjustment to clear the bell housing. Left them in place under the engine so that Jason could come Saturday to measure up for the change. With the engine back in the compartment we had companionway steps again, which made the rest of the day much more comfortable and allowed us to clean up a bit.
The second hand water trap turned out to be a bit too large, so that problem remained unsolved. On our daily lunch/shopping trip we bought screws and adhesive to attach the soundproofing, and on return the mate cut the the pieces of soundproofing to fit the roof while the engineer did the cut-out in the front of the lazarette to take the instrument panel, and cut out the panel in the lazarette to provide access to cut the bigger hole for the new exhaust.
Graham, a boatie who passed by to talk to Keith, turned out to have a brand-new Vetus water trap that was surplus to his requirements, so he brought it down for us to try. This one turned out to be too small. We thought of putting two in series, but that won't work either, so we are still considering out options.
Weather cleared to a warm afternoon and an evening so balmy that the cat insisted on going for an evening stroll around the dinghy sheds. He's proved that at 18 he can still climb up the ladder to get back aboard.
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