Adding a dual racor system to the boat
Last year, on the free table at my marina I found the following ‘But Matthew’, I hear...
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Tag: engine
Changing out the engine mounts on a 2QM20 and fixing rotten stringers
My engine (which is literally older than I am and is a huge chunk of solid iron) sits on four...
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In and out the dockyard for a five day haulout
So after I got back from Ottawa, I had Friday evening to get ready for the trip to the dockyard,...
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Fixing engine coolant pump and an amazing days sailing
I guess my titles are becoming more and more literal. Soon it’s gonna devolve down to...
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Bleeding a Yanmar 2QM20
This is pretty much an FYI post, as it took me a while to figure this out. This is NOT the...
Read MoreGetting ready for a 12 day trip
Next week I head off for almost two weeks. I plan to go down to Tacoma/Seattle to see some friends, head up to the islands and bum around there for a week and then head back down to Seattle to pick up some portholes from Port...
Read MoreThrottle adjustment
On my pedestal, I could push the throttle to around 2600 RPMs under load, but it always went down to ~2100RPM. I’d always assumed this was by design, but apparently not! So I firstly took the compass off and looked at the...
Read MoreMovies and Outboards
Short entry today – a couple of days ago I had my first actual acting role in a movie. I felt like a huge fraud, and was with all these career professional actors from LA and was worried that any minute someone would point...
Read MoreI got an outboard
Sometimes the universe just comes together. The day after talking to Boat neighbours Joss and Matt about dinghies, a porta-bote finally shows up on craigslist. The day after that, Joss brings me an outboard! It’s...
Read MorePlanning for an electric engine conversion
One of the dreams of mine is to replace the diesel engine with an electric one. Electric engines are amazing and provide far more torque at low speed, are a lot more reliable and are quiet/non-polluting. There is one big problem...
Read MoreEngine bits and bobs
Being a quiet Sunday, I decided to do some miscellaneous bits and pieces on the engine I’d been putting off. First off was to rewire the alternator. This is the original wiring As you can see, the output from the...
Read MoreEngine Refresh Part 3 – Changing the oil and filters
The last thing to do here was change the oil, and change the 3 filters – primary filter, secondary filter and the oil filter. First was the Primary filter – this is a rancor filter and first in line in the fuel...
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