Sailorsam101
Well-Known Member
On Saturday i got afloat again after a week ashore for painting etc.
A smooth fresh bottom converted 19kts and 3100rpm into 22kts and 2900rpm...well worth it.
Next job was a service on boat engines...the previous owner said it did it all regularly but i never trust anybody and wanted to do everything at the same time.
First job were the drive belts on the port engine...no problem at all and new ones on in under five mins.
Next job was the power steering belt and stb drive belts...hmmmm...who would put a bracket in the middle of a belt..!!!! The supporting bracket for the raw water pump pipes is in the way..no problem to move apart form the fact that the bolt has rusted and rounded off..!!!! Power steering belt will have to wait for another day me thinks. But drive belts replaced again no problems.
Next job was port engine oil...Oil pumped out nice and easy with a manual vacuum pump. Five pumps then sit back and watch it flow. Now the oil filter....old filter undid eaisly...new filter ready to go...old filter off and then oil everywhere in the bilge despite my best efforts to catch it all...new filter on in seconds and nice and tight by hand.
Now the stb engine oil...went easily now i know how to catch the oil from the filter as it comes off.
Old filters into a bag...bugger bag has a hole in it...so into a 2nd bag....and yes that also had a hole in it....into a third bag...oh bugger again...fourth bag held..but oil everywhere!!!!!..lots of blue cloth needed here!
New oil into both engines...10ltr's in each again very easy.
Next primary fuel filter...stb came out nice and easy and new one slide in fine....port came out easy but was a but stubborn to get back in...gentle pressure ensured it dropped down nicely followed by a wave if diesel all of my hand and the bilge.
Secondary fuel filters can wait until i get a better way to collect the diesel within them.
Start engines up to get the new oil around them and check levels...levels fine and no leaks.
Then i heard the drip...water from the port raw water pump..from the rear shaft seal. OK easy to fix..parts needed..i'll leave it alone for now until i have the parts..might as well do the stb pump at the same time.
Air filters done no problems without issue. Some jobs left to do but that can wait for another say.
So what did i learn...
Expect to loose skin from hands, back of head and arms.
Expect to get oil everywhere no matter what you do.
Expect to bank head several times.
Expect to burn hand, arm, body on a hot engine.
Expect to raise and lower engine hatch more times than you imagine....I was not alone.
Have lots of washing up liquid handy for the bilge.
You will need more blue cloth than you think..i used almost a complete roll.
Expect to contemplate paying someone to do it for you next time.
I rebuild bikes and service all my own vehicles so doing a couple of AD41P's was not an issue. The only difference is the limited access and not getting to the sump properly. As i'm going to keep this boat for a long time i'm going to keep well on top of all the jobs that need doing.
It all went as expected and only took me a couple of hours but by that time i'd had enough of bending, twisting and trying to put my body into positions that i gave up doing a long time ago.
A smooth fresh bottom converted 19kts and 3100rpm into 22kts and 2900rpm...well worth it.
Next job was a service on boat engines...the previous owner said it did it all regularly but i never trust anybody and wanted to do everything at the same time.
First job were the drive belts on the port engine...no problem at all and new ones on in under five mins.
Next job was the power steering belt and stb drive belts...hmmmm...who would put a bracket in the middle of a belt..!!!! The supporting bracket for the raw water pump pipes is in the way..no problem to move apart form the fact that the bolt has rusted and rounded off..!!!! Power steering belt will have to wait for another day me thinks. But drive belts replaced again no problems.
Next job was port engine oil...Oil pumped out nice and easy with a manual vacuum pump. Five pumps then sit back and watch it flow. Now the oil filter....old filter undid eaisly...new filter ready to go...old filter off and then oil everywhere in the bilge despite my best efforts to catch it all...new filter on in seconds and nice and tight by hand.
Now the stb engine oil...went easily now i know how to catch the oil from the filter as it comes off.
Old filters into a bag...bugger bag has a hole in it...so into a 2nd bag....and yes that also had a hole in it....into a third bag...oh bugger again...fourth bag held..but oil everywhere!!!!!..lots of blue cloth needed here!
New oil into both engines...10ltr's in each again very easy.
Next primary fuel filter...stb came out nice and easy and new one slide in fine....port came out easy but was a but stubborn to get back in...gentle pressure ensured it dropped down nicely followed by a wave if diesel all of my hand and the bilge.
Secondary fuel filters can wait until i get a better way to collect the diesel within them.
Start engines up to get the new oil around them and check levels...levels fine and no leaks.
Then i heard the drip...water from the port raw water pump..from the rear shaft seal. OK easy to fix..parts needed..i'll leave it alone for now until i have the parts..might as well do the stb pump at the same time.
Air filters done no problems without issue. Some jobs left to do but that can wait for another say.
So what did i learn...
Expect to loose skin from hands, back of head and arms.
Expect to get oil everywhere no matter what you do.
Expect to bank head several times.
Expect to burn hand, arm, body on a hot engine.
Expect to raise and lower engine hatch more times than you imagine....I was not alone.
Have lots of washing up liquid handy for the bilge.
You will need more blue cloth than you think..i used almost a complete roll.
Expect to contemplate paying someone to do it for you next time.
I rebuild bikes and service all my own vehicles so doing a couple of AD41P's was not an issue. The only difference is the limited access and not getting to the sump properly. As i'm going to keep this boat for a long time i'm going to keep well on top of all the jobs that need doing.
It all went as expected and only took me a couple of hours but by that time i'd had enough of bending, twisting and trying to put my body into positions that i gave up doing a long time ago.
