GENERATOR WARZ!!!

 

G'day all, Itz finally happened the troublesum generator haz been removed from the starboard engine room and it now resides on the kitchen floor. On top of that milestone comes the newz that I've found the cause of all my solar/electrical problemz on the yot with the "col hersey" battery switch being the culprit.

The lift of the genset waz an easy task as we'd been preparing for a month. A special lifting crane waz brought in and along with sum kleva engineering we put our collective minds together to sort any problems we encountered.

All connections to the yot had 2B severed with fuel, cooling water, exhaust and all low voltage and high voltage wiring 

That task achieved!, we then had to use an ultra long 1/2 " socket extension to reach the 6 bolts holding the bottom of the genset to the cross members of the engine room.

Itz now thyme to refurbish the genset ,all itz engine mounts and all over reliability. The main culprit seemz 2B the fuel injection pump however this could not be removed without first removing the whole genset from the engine room.

The diesel mechanic will be down today to go over the engine and tell me what partz we need to make the genset work. 

Itz now thyme for my annual Bathurst event with all the classics like chicken caesar sushi, fruit and cheese platters, home made KFC plus chocies and cafe grande icecream. While the menu was up to par the racing was dare I say but "Boring". The new gen 3 cars and the loss of the holden ford rivalry makez 4 a different feel to the whole thing. That said it was still a weekend full of racing so it wasn't all bad.

Itz 3 weex later and Galleycat is back in Rockingham!

We have set about building 2 new garden beds upstairs on the mezzanine floor.