A maintenance poem

My life is defined by cold dirty oil
My clothes are all gross, and terribly soiled
I smell like shop solvent, most of the time
But other than that, I'm doing just fine

The motor appears to be in good shape
The big problem was a bad damper plate
It was all worn and had lost half the springs
They rattled around and made a few dings

The trouble you see is in making a start
And in knowing just what to do with the parts
Soon though the sad truth will surely sink in
I must put the thing back together again

I got this from the following blogger: 

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/blackbird/

I also got a book on how to write HTML. I am hoping to jazz up the blog visually but I am no techno nut so it is slow going.

Weather has been nuts in southern Ontario; Thunderstorms with the temperature 15 Celsius, then the next day it was minus 10 degrees with whiteouts. A 25 degree differential in less than 24 hours.

Raw Water Pump Woes

I am having a dickens of a time finding a rebuild kit for my raw water pump. General consensus was that it was a Jabsco pump which, if it was true, would have been a godsend for parts availability. It wasn't. Through the casting marks, I, Sherlock Holmes, have determined is a Sherwood model B06 (obsolete) with a repair kit # 11421 available.I have passed that information to my contact on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and will get a kit.

Meanwhile, back here, I am sourcing out the bearings, seals and impeller from various sources, hoping to save some $$$ in the future.

The sad thing about this whole endeavor is that here in Ontario, supposedly the industrial centre of Canada, I can barely get Perkins people to even respond to me. Go figure.