bradvo
06-29-2007, 07:18 PM
Headed out last Friday afternoon and I went into engine room and noticed a quart of anti freeze in the drip tray under Starboard motor. So instead of going any further we made slip arangements at Bell Harbor, figuring mechanics would appreciate us being close and my pocket book would like the travel time .
I was able to reach a guy I had talked to in the past who came down Saturday morning and was able to diagnoise the problem. Problem was he would not be able to get seals and not work on the issue until late afternoon Monday, so we stayed at Bell for 3 days. At first I thought it was connected to a thermostat replacement I had done, but it was not. He had to remove a few parts off the front of the motor including water pump. It was just a silicon seal that had gone bad , but it was worth it to me to have the mechanic do this job instead of me. We cut our trip short and never made it to Roche, instead we hit Poulsbo on Monday night after he finished working on the problem, then off to Port Townsend for a couple nights . By the way, the new docks are great at Townsend, they also did a neat thing on the 70 foot docks by adding power on each end of the slip. So a couple 35 footers or less could share the same slip.
We were able to visit with my wifes cousin over dinner at Belmonts and also a few cold ones on the boat. After we left Townsend we headed to Des Moines for a fuel fill then spent last night in Gig.
I still have a problem with my starboard engine not getting warm enough. Dumb me I should have had the mechanic check out the thermastat housing when I had drained off the 7 gallons of anti freeze while at Bell. So looks like I will be doing that soon to check for erosion, he says I am by passing somewhere.
Anyway, we had a relax time even with the coolant leak issue.
Only crab I ate was at the restaruant....... oh well, maybe at the end of July better luck will be with us, oh, my wife through the banana's over board.
I was able to reach a guy I had talked to in the past who came down Saturday morning and was able to diagnoise the problem. Problem was he would not be able to get seals and not work on the issue until late afternoon Monday, so we stayed at Bell for 3 days. At first I thought it was connected to a thermostat replacement I had done, but it was not. He had to remove a few parts off the front of the motor including water pump. It was just a silicon seal that had gone bad , but it was worth it to me to have the mechanic do this job instead of me. We cut our trip short and never made it to Roche, instead we hit Poulsbo on Monday night after he finished working on the problem, then off to Port Townsend for a couple nights . By the way, the new docks are great at Townsend, they also did a neat thing on the 70 foot docks by adding power on each end of the slip. So a couple 35 footers or less could share the same slip.
We were able to visit with my wifes cousin over dinner at Belmonts and also a few cold ones on the boat. After we left Townsend we headed to Des Moines for a fuel fill then spent last night in Gig.
I still have a problem with my starboard engine not getting warm enough. Dumb me I should have had the mechanic check out the thermastat housing when I had drained off the 7 gallons of anti freeze while at Bell. So looks like I will be doing that soon to check for erosion, he says I am by passing somewhere.
Anyway, we had a relax time even with the coolant leak issue.
Only crab I ate was at the restaruant....... oh well, maybe at the end of July better luck will be with us, oh, my wife through the banana's over board.