12/11/2023 0 Comments Sunday 12th NovemberNot going well, but what's new? I planned to spend this weekend at Crick, the weather was good yesterday and not too awful today but unfortunately yesterday turned out to be a sofa and paracetamol day. No energy at all, Today I'm much recovered but it's not worth driving to Crick for one day and Linda needs the car tomorrow morning. So I've been in the shed instead. Making some progress on the anti-frost device. I bought a replacement blanking plug and have drilled it 3/4". I have a 1/2" BSP tap on order to cut the thread but it's not arrived as promised. Probably lost in the post. The brass cap isn't very thick so will only have a couple of turns of thread but I'll put a 1/2" BSP nut off an old pipe fitting on the inside. I've also bought a HW thermostat to fit to the calorifier and rooted out an old junction box from my drawer of useful electrical junk. Meanwhile, here's the modified engine mounting.
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3/11/2023 0 Comments Friday 3rd NovemberWork on Seren is slow due to weather and transport/accomodation. It's quite a long way to go to just do a few hours work then drive back, so the plan is, or was, to stay a couple of nights. I've tried twice. First time I stayed one night during storm Babet then earlier this week I went intending to stay but couldn't face it. It was cold (and I feel the cold badly) and damp so I did a bit then came home. So here's what's happening. The gas 'locker' is progressing. Due to the weather I haven't been able to paint the area exposed by removing the old locker so it looks a mess but I've fitted the new locker side panel piece. As expected the corner between hull side and cabin isn't 90° so I scribed the top plate to the correct shape and brought it home to cut. I couldn't remove the blanking plug from the calorifier in situ so disconnected it and brought it home. Still couldn't shift it but our local #Mechanic did it with an impact wrench. Now I need an adaptor to fit the heating element. It's only 150W so won't really heat the water much but I hope it's enough to keep the frost at bay. Photos below. I'm determined to solve the low speed vibration issue. The gap between engine and bearers is very small, made worse by the mounting brackets bolted to the side of the engine. I've taken one off and taken it home to modify. I think if I reduce the length it won't be so close to the bearer. Might also try to find CSK head machine screws to replace the hex head screws but I think they are 3/8" UNC which aren't common these days,
Still pondering the replacement floor but decided not to work on it until the engine bay is restored, I need at least one area clean(ish) to live in while working on the rest. |
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