Stee6043
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I'm 120 miles into a 210 mile trip up to northern Michigan. We'll turn around and head back at the end of next week with any luck.
Yesterday was departure day. 4.5 hours on-plane was the plan for the day.
Back story - I had my marina repair my generator last week (it needed capacitors). They spent 6 hours in my engine room. Gen = good to go.
Heart Attack #1 - I do my usual startup routine, check for water from both exhaust ports, then head back to check the gauges. I quickly see I have 0PSI on my port engine oil pressure. Good lord. Shut everything down, move all the crap on the ER cover, head down to find the ground wire from the sending unit was knocked loose. Easy fix. Marine repair guys must have snagged that wire on something.
And we're off. Headed out to sea.
Heart Attack #2 - I get up on plane easy enough but notice the engines are not syncing like normal. I'm also struggling to get the STRBRD engine up over 3,300 rpms. I've never had this happen before, this thing runs like a champ. BP IS SPIKING. I give it a mile or two to see if it'll resolve, it does not, I stop in the water to check. I clear everything off the ER hatch again, go down not knowing what to look for. I find nothing obvious. Figure I'll try running it again. I start 'em up and my wife says "smells like gas over here". That triggers a thought - I bet there's more unplugged $hit down there. Go back into the ER and wouldn't you know it - 2 spark plug wires completely popped off the distributor. Plug those in and we're on our way, ran like a champ like I expected the rest of the day. I will probably talk to the marina when I get back. I know it can be hard to move around down there but dang...that's a lotta unplugged crap they produced.
Heart Palpatation #1 - After returning to our transient slip following a good dinner I sit down to play cards with my daughter. I notice my aft bilge pump is running...and running...and not turning off. CLEAR OFF THE ER HATCH AGAIN!!! I climb down there...again. My crappy mount job with the new water witch I installed last year has slipped and is now too low. It's running the pump below the point where it can pick up water. So now I have to disconnect that bugger and find a temporary, higher place to mount. Done and done...now I need a whiskey.
I'm hoping those are my three glitches for this mission!
Yesterday was departure day. 4.5 hours on-plane was the plan for the day.
Back story - I had my marina repair my generator last week (it needed capacitors). They spent 6 hours in my engine room. Gen = good to go.
Heart Attack #1 - I do my usual startup routine, check for water from both exhaust ports, then head back to check the gauges. I quickly see I have 0PSI on my port engine oil pressure. Good lord. Shut everything down, move all the crap on the ER cover, head down to find the ground wire from the sending unit was knocked loose. Easy fix. Marine repair guys must have snagged that wire on something.
And we're off. Headed out to sea.
Heart Attack #2 - I get up on plane easy enough but notice the engines are not syncing like normal. I'm also struggling to get the STRBRD engine up over 3,300 rpms. I've never had this happen before, this thing runs like a champ. BP IS SPIKING. I give it a mile or two to see if it'll resolve, it does not, I stop in the water to check. I clear everything off the ER hatch again, go down not knowing what to look for. I find nothing obvious. Figure I'll try running it again. I start 'em up and my wife says "smells like gas over here". That triggers a thought - I bet there's more unplugged $hit down there. Go back into the ER and wouldn't you know it - 2 spark plug wires completely popped off the distributor. Plug those in and we're on our way, ran like a champ like I expected the rest of the day. I will probably talk to the marina when I get back. I know it can be hard to move around down there but dang...that's a lotta unplugged crap they produced.
Heart Palpatation #1 - After returning to our transient slip following a good dinner I sit down to play cards with my daughter. I notice my aft bilge pump is running...and running...and not turning off. CLEAR OFF THE ER HATCH AGAIN!!! I climb down there...again. My crappy mount job with the new water witch I installed last year has slipped and is now too low. It's running the pump below the point where it can pick up water. So now I have to disconnect that bugger and find a temporary, higher place to mount. Done and done...now I need a whiskey.
I'm hoping those are my three glitches for this mission!
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