Hello everyone, I finally left fifty point Wednesday morning. Excellent day for motoring to Oswego. Of course the last leg of the trip during the night I heard banging in the engine room which soon went away. Well, I went up th locks all day yesterday and guess what. I was not alone. Murphy dropped by to say high. I passed the lock 23 in the morning at the west end of lake Oneida but the weather was a little to windy for beating 20-25 east winds on a shallow lake with the mast down so I decided to hold back till the afternoon. I thought check on the bilge and the noise. I had a little extra water in the bilge so Murphy said check the wiring. so I did and both were corroded and disconnected. Well as he suggested I installed complete wire set to the bilge pump and the switch, it worked good. Now check on the noise, the coupling set screws to the prop shaft were loose. As he suggested again I tightened the screws and new safety wire. and no more loose shaft. I ma on my way. Half way in the lake here banging again set the Simrad tiller-pilot, check the engine room and guess what. The engine was dancing the "I am gonna get you" war dance. Two of the engine mount nuts were loose. Tools on hand, lookout, down bellow, done! no more noise. (wait I am not done yet). Couple of miles further noise again and water dripping. Bilge Pump is working fine so I kept going; I notice every once in a while some discoloration and the funny colours of oil were the bilge discharge line is. Also there is a smell of diesel really strong. I have 4 more miles to my destination, the east end of the lake to lock 22; they close at five. I was here just before so I said to my self I better check this out. So I leave the engine running and take the Companion way stairs off. WOOOOW. The hose from the low pressure side of the diesel pump is squirting diesel like crazy. water is running in the bilge. Flashlight on and voila. The bellows from the dripless seal torn apart water is just flowing in like a stream. Flashlight stuck somewhere, bilge pump on, tools, hoseclamps, silicone rigging tape (insulating tape) 15 min later No more drops no more noise (engine shut) make coffee and relax try to calm my self down and think about the future tomorrow. So tomorrow, I got some information where to haul out, I will haul out and see for he rest. Did you say something about Murphy? He is one of my best relatives. Don't you ever say anything bad about him.
Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Columbia 8.7 #73 Municipal dock Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake NY _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
