Ramblings
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Passageway tiled
The second of three tiling jobs is now done; the passageway to the back garden. Plumbers are in today to put on radiators and first fix the kitchen plumbing. Flooring next week, and electrician should be back next week. Kitchen in early August. Slowly getting to a liveable state.
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Re-fitting the hose lid
The new hose layout in the heads means that the lid over the hose collection doesn’t fit any more. A bit of work with a large piece of cardboard and a box cutter gave me a decent template to work from, and a shiny new oscillating multi-tool worked nicely to cut the wood. I do…
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Adventures while changing the oil
With Blue Opal alongside for the week, and the new water pump installed, I figured it was a good time to change the oil and the oil filter. Borrowed the oil vacuum from the club, and started the engine up to warm up the oil. As I’m pottering around waiting for the engine to warm…
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Replacing the raw water pump – 2/2
The new pump arrived late on Thursday, and reached my desk on Friday. It’s a nice looking bit of kit, though completely absent of markings to tell you who made it, or what the part number is! Appears to be a cast unit, with a slightly rough surface; not painted in Yanmar grey, but I…
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Powering up the master bow cabin
One of the things missing from Blue Opal is power in the master cabin. She was built at a time when USB ports were barely a thing, and cigarette socket power was usually provided by the engine (which she has). So, simple project – take advantage of my new-found ability to run power into the…
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Replacing the raw water pump – 1/n
Getting Blue Opal’s water pump off was a bit harder than I expected; the last time I did it, I made sure to grease the threads so that things would move easily. Things did not move easily, and I had to resort to a hammer tapping the spanner to get the bolts to move. I…