Monday, May 5, 2008

Getting to grips with the engine

Aah Drew is patience itself... today's lesson was how to service the engine. 140hp ford Lehman. Ok for those of you who are interested, we changed the zinc pencil in the heat exchanger, plus its two gaskets (improvised from a couple of pieces of cardboard - natty that!) Drained the sump, changed the oil filter without mucking up the bilges, changed the oil - supposed to take 14L but there wasn't much left from an 18L tub... learnt the mechanics trick of stuffing a metal rod into your ear and placing it on each of the injectors. Right. Looks good though.
drew worked on the watermaker -there's a problem with one of the hoses and the pressure gauge... left him to that one!

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