Thursday, February 17, 2011
Manana!
With the engine reassembled yesterday, today I changed the oil, put the antifreeze in, and tried to bleed the fuel system. I say tried, because by the time I had it bled, the fuel in the filters would be down over an inch from the top. It was just draining down from, and emptying the filters The fuel pump is on the engine side of the filters. It has to suck the fuel up from the tank in the keel (5'), and through two Racor 500 filters. It used to work fine, but maybe it's getting a little old and tired like me. I decided to take the easy way out this time and just add an electric fuel pump at the tank. In this way it gets to push the fuel up through the filters to the other pump, as it was designed to do. So it was off to the parts house for a new fuel pump. A mere 3 1/2 miles away. While walking to the parts house, we came upon a used marine store. We picked up two blocks that are needed for us to sail wing on wing down Baha. We made it to the parts store, picked up the pump and then headed over to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. The walk back was good for digesting that big meal. By the time we returned to the boat, I was too tired, or just lazy, to put the fuel pump on. So I think it is a good time to practice living in Mexico. And just say "Manana!
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My oh my! what a giant sucking sound your little boat is making!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't burn fuel, it burns MONEY111 Lot's and lot's of MONEY!
Think you will ever get the fuel system fixed? About the time you do, the spark plugs will be fouled,the filters will be clogged, the bilge pump will be burned out, the anti fouling paint will be peeling and a rat will chew up your sails!
Pessimist!
ReplyDeleteAny good task that could get done today can be completed even better tomorrow or the day after. Tommorrow is always a better day even if it is raining and snowing simply because it is tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you don't want to get down to La Paz before Steve has scoped out all the good taco stands and found the bad ones to stay away from. Make no sense for you to waste your time on poor tacos.
Non Profit is worse than useless because it is crowded with fakes like J & J blissfully unaware of the carbon footprint of this great vacation they are having.
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