Last night I was up late and did some scouring around and found two things, a workshop manual for the Ford York Diesel engine and a new replacement water pump. Both on ebay. I like ebay. I enjoy searching around and trying to find deals. The water pump was about 25% of the cost of a new shop item. Hopefully the workshop manual will make removing and reinstalling parts easier.
On the way to the boat Tim went past all the chandlers and other electrical shops. All closed... bar one... so he bought two new one way valves, which are much better sized for the bilge pumps and make it look much neater.
This morning we returned to making the bilge pumps work. We built a new cable loom of marinized cable, mounted a new terminal block and rewired everything. And yes... it all worked correctly.
Taught me that we do want to use marinized cable [multi-strand with all strands tinned] for all wiring despite the cost and pain. And... all ends should be soldered to seal them and make good connection to the terminal block/appliance.
Then we fitted a new light into the engine room. The original had been a 12V 1 metre fluorescent tube, which you kept banging your head on and then eventually it stops working. Not surprising really. So we replaced it with a waterproof/fireproof fitting and a 12V low energy bulb, which was a 12V version of the ones you have in houses. Worked really well. We have a second unit to fit in the sail locker.
Then we measured the sail covers to send the details to Lee Sail Covers who are making replacement covers for us. Glad we did, rather than taking the measurements from the sails as we suddenly noticed that since we have mast steps there are holes needed for the bottom step in the main and mizzen sail covers.
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