I lucked out by having my previous "owner" being Veco, an oil exploration firm in Alaska. I was told they owned the boat for 10 years and used my 42 for customer entertainment fishing trips. As a result those engineers did everything better than by the book. I also inherited a lifetime supply of spare parts. Now if I can resist using duct tape I'll be OK.
On Jan 10, 6:46 pm, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> wrote: > So I have begun my ritual of maintenance on my boat this past weekend. I > hit the honey do list of things that I have been making notes on all summer > that I didnt want to deal with either because I was to busy boating or > because the engine room is too darn hot during the summer. Anyway, I was > down in the engine room this weekend doing oil changes and replacing my > starter battery. I needed to get the block heaters going. I fired them up, > took off for some lunch and came back to find the engines still ice cold. > What the heck? So off I went on a sidetrack of figuring out why the block > heaters weren't working. No power to them...so I started tracing the wiring > back and found that the PO had plugged the block heaters into standard > household extension cords that were very light duty and then plughed the > extension cords into household light timers! To top it off those timers > were plugged into an 8 plug outlet strip. UGH. I unplugged the block > heaters from their extension cords to find that where they were plugged in > was completely charred. I ended up rewiring the whole thing so there was a > single set of wires from the block back to the outlets. I cut out the timers > as well. I'm diligent enough that I doubt I will need them. They are more > of a pain than they are worth to me. > > Next I was working on replacing hoses on the aft head. I started digging > into the cabinets to find that one of the hoses was rubbing in the spot > where a hole saw cut a cabin to push the hose through. Instead of fixing > the real problem the PO wrapped some electrical tape around the hose which > of course was rubbed right through. No wonder my rear head smelled so bad! > > Man I can't want to get through all these surprises! > > Thanks, > > Kerry
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
