Yesterday our friends Chris and Mary joined us in the afternoon to talk boats trips etc and we had a great time comparing notes. They also have a great vehicle that is set up as a do all transportation/mobile shop that they let us use for running errands. Will likely do it again here before we leave later in the week. Heading over for dinner at their house later today.
Under close supervision.....
Also a couple of big projects worked on that have been nagging.
We had a slight catch in our steering that I noticed on the overnight. It turns out that with the help of the Passport Owners group, I figured it out and have a small part on order. The roll pin that helps to hold the gear mechanism to the wheel shaft had worked its way our over the years so no longer was flush with its housing. It was sticking up by 1/8" or so. It was then catching on the steering brake as the wheel turned. Could still steer but with that slight hiccup. I removed the old pin and ordered a couple of new ones from my friends at MacMaster Carr. The real help came from one of the guys on the forum that sent along a manual for the now obsolete Merriman pedestal and in it was my clue hidden in the parts drawing. I found the pin and realized immediately that this was my problem. UPS will deliver tomorrow and I hope to be all set.
Changing the prefilter on our outboard motor was next. Prefilters to rid fuel of junk and water are a must.....especially in the Bahamas where the fuel is not always top quality. I install the prefilter last year before we left and it has been a savior to keep clean fuel running into the pinholes of the carburetor on the Yamaha 2 stroke. I fashioned a container to catch the old fuel and filter as I unscrew it out of a soda bottle. The Listerine bottle serves as a holding tank for the fuel that comes out of the old filter. It is usually clean so can be reused to prime the new filter. On goes the new, prime the bulb and off we go. Works well.
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