Small sewing project

I needed to both find a home for my mix of imperial and metric spanners and also take my lighter-weight Singer 401G for a spin.

New engine mounts

Unfortunately my relatively new (6 years) forward port engine mount is badly corroded, likely from allowing saltwater to saturate it as I change the heat exchanger zinc.

I have decided to have the professionals replace all 4 engine mounts and align the shaft, as having mounts of the same type and age will help quell vibration.


Note the corrosion of the baseplate.



 



New R&D engine mount

Update:12/12/16 The new engine mounts are in, and they look very robust.

New mainsail cover

I finally found someone to build me a new mainsail cover, mine was almost completely destroyed after over 15 years in service.

Happy Birthday Engine

Today I accomplished the following in a mere 11 hours:

• Drained coolant
• Flushed cooling system
• Replaced thermostat
• Replaced coolant
• Flushed engine with oil additive
• Replaced engine oil
• Replaced alternator belt
• Replaced transmission fluid
• Cleaned engine
• Touched up paint
• Replaced diesel filter & cleaned separator bowl

This tool helped enormously, borrowed from work, a vacuum oil pump.