Big Ocean Small Boat

Finally got around to doing a “spring” maintenance on the engine. I ordered the official “A” level maintenence kit from Torrensons, which came in a clever Universal labeled pelican-style case. Of course, somewhere along the way, Shanti’s waterpump was changed to a non-standard Oberdorfer, so I need to replace the impeller/o-ring/gasket on the engine, and the spare in the box. Also, we have a Racor primary filter–I should get a spare and put it in the box. And a small-sized filter strap wrench.

All of the filters were marked ’05, but the engine hasn’t really been run except for maintenance purposes for that time. The m3-20 is self-bleeding, so that saved me some diesel in the bilge.

From an engine perspective, what we have left to do for the Transpac:

• Replace waterpump impeller
• Replace exchanger zincs
• Strap down the 2 main batteries
• If required, add “3rd” battery (for emergency use). i.e. motorcycle AGM battery from the KLR
• Drain the old diesel, replace shutoff valve, replace w/new diesel

From a big-picture standpoint (i.e. not for the transpac), I’d like to put in a little Heart battery monitor down by the battery switch to keep track of usage.

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