November 27, 2013 - Engine Repairs

Today, Hank came over to check up on me... sitting here... waiting for something to happen. For the last month or so, the "birds" have taken over the marina! More shit (bird droppings) that I have ever experienced. My deck, cockpit, boom cover completely covered with the stuff... not nice! To top it all, the marina has shut down the water for the winter (lines will freeze up). Needless to say, Hank will not be cleaning my deck for a while, hopefully the rain will take some of it away.

In addition to checking on me, he is going to replace my raw water impeller; the little water pump that takes the ocean water and pumps it through my heat exchanger. Hank has not replaced the impeller since May 10, 2010, so it is due.

By the looks of the pictures... something needs to be done!

looks like this will take some time to remove the four little bolts.

rust and salt encrusted to say the least

needed to remove all the stuff for access to the side of the motor.

 
Only 4 little screws to undone, pull out the impeller and replace it with a new one. Sounds simple, but that job will take the entire day or more. Problems...
Access:
Getting access to the pump, you have to take the entire cabin apart, then removing the diesel lines and filter.

the impeller is on the left rear side of the motor.

Then somehow remove the rusted bolts. you need to lay on your back, squeeze through an access port, using one hand to to the work. The guy who designed the pump location should be flogged!

Could not finished the job today, as I need to buy a special screw driver or ? to remove the rusted bolts.

Hank will be back as soon as he has the parts...

Tarka out!