Repair Day!
06 October 2010 | Seru Boca Marina, Curacao
Marlene
Like back in the working days up in Canada, right at 08:00 hr, Benno started to strip down the Farymann diesel generator's engine. At 10:00 hrs he had the culprit apart. And yes, the gasket was busted. In addition the cylinder and the piston had scoring marks and needed to be replaced.
Did we have all the parts to do this? Thank goodness we had every piece on board to do the job. We carry with us gasket set, cylinder with wet jacket, piston, piston rod, fuel pump, high pressure pump, water pump, injector, air filter and a few other spares for this little 4.2 Kw rascal of a generator. Plus all necessary tools, torque wrench, shop manual etc.
I stayed mostly out of Benno's hair and ventured to the washer and dryer of the marina to do a bit of laundry, since I could not use my machine for the moment.