Trip 55/56 - Thurs Eve & Saturday - November 13th / 15th

I need to bring the engine and transmission home and go thru it to bring it into the 21st Century. Probably nothing more than general cleanup, gaskets and seals plus some paint. The Transmission is fine but will clean it out and put in fresh oil/grease. I may bring the engine down to the crank, but I doubt it at this time.

 

Starting to look like a work bench again.

 

Primitive, but a bar we will have for those moments I need to commune with Janice Joplin.

 

There it is. Another source of aggrevation.

 

This is where the shaft comes into Island Sunset and hooks up to the Power. The brass connector is called a Stuffing Box. Basically, one puts cordage inside, and the large nut on the end is tightened which force the cord against the shaft. Too tight, things will get hot but not leak. Too loose, Drips and Bilgewater will result.

 

Let's start getting stuff off the engine.

 

Fuel Filter which is normally tucked behind and impossible to dig out.

The Water Pump. Equally hard to dig outa there. Need a new one? No Problem. $465 British which means about $900 US. I hope, this hangs in there.

 

The stray parts that when removed make it easier to get the engine out of the compartment and lighter to muscle around. The assortment of pipe is the exhaust system. Crude, yet very effective.

 

See the little strut on the bottom of The Boate? The shaft, prop and rudder, are back home.

 

Where the shaft rubbed against the inside of the stuffing box. The shiny spot is where.

 

The cordage lays inside the nut. This has been there for a long time.

 

Everything that can be removed, has been.

 

Some snapshots

 

I thought I would use some wood to make a skid for the whole thing.

 

Out she comes.

 

And, even now I can Lift Heavy Engines, and Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound.

 

The transmission. Forward, Reverse and of course, Neutral. Surprisingly leak free it is.

 

Ready to get it off Island Sunset.

 

I used the winches on both sides as a sort of ratchet. Lugged the engine onto one side and carefully used a rug and let it over the edge. Did not gouge the boat nor lose any hide nor fingers.

 

Over and down. The winches really helped with not letting the line fly past thru my cold fingers.

 

The holding tank. It will be removed, cleaned and fresh lines/tubing put back in place.

 

I was surprised the two inches or so of this connection, the rubber was really rotten and smelly.

 

At home, greasy and tired. Ready to be refreshed.

 

Even On The Hard, the Bilge is dry when I leave.

 

Lake Pepin water, -does- glow in the dark! Maybe the fish do too!

 

Later ...