PA work

In the engine room we found that the custom alternator bracket that the former owner had made was missing one of its four bolts and that there was an air line used to connect the coolant reservoir and that subsequently coolant had been leaking on the starter terminals.

We consult Rick from Salty Boys Boat Works and he advises we buy a manual oil pressure gauge so we can confirm our oil pressure. We do and it is high so high that he is concerned about our success. I call Ben Stickle from Cook Engine in Portland for a second opinion and he recommends we get the engine hot and add diesel to the oil for the last few minutes of running and change the oil. The old was changed (allegedly) along with the impeller. There is no sign of this as there is no date written on the oil filter. We buy oil and a filter and borrow an oil change pump from the gentlemen at the marina office and change the oil. They advise us to put in an order at fisheries before 3 so anything we need is there in the morning.

While I was doing this, Madison and Tom had started to clean the terminals on the starter. Max was checking the deck plugs to see if the spotlight worked, and Har Rai was removing the plug from the main halyard’s electric mast winch.

After cleaning the terminals and running the engine, Madison noticed that the coolant cap was leaking. So we added a cap to the list. Fortunatel,y this is not a special Perkins part and it was easily sourced locally.

Order

Cable

Light

Filter?

Oil?

Get an oil change

Did see a trial test on autopilot, finding the dockside insulation was not done after the oil change, finding 59 psi at

We had another full day and a the oil change and flush reduced the psi to 59 at wot from at cruise 70 at cruise RPM.