Girl Torque - Episode 67
This video takes place during week 2 of our refit in Townsville (filmed in September 2018). In this episode we explain ongoing delays, overcome complications with our refit at the boatyard, fix a leaky cockpit drain, install new pre-combustion chambers and refit the head to our Yanmar 2GM20 engine. We hope you enjoy!
An update on where we are now...
After a 30 mile cruise up the Fitzroy River on Tuesday, we arrived safely in Rockhampton after precisely locating a couple of sandbanks in otherwise navigable channels. We are looking forward to enjoying a few (more) beef steaks, fresh fruit, vegetables, beers and catch ups with a couple of our lovely patrons while we are here.
Much love
Troy and Pascale
Comments (17)
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id like to check our shaft alignment but we have a PSS seal not a stuffing box, so effectively we only have the P-bracket and engine keeping the gap even inside the prop shaft tube..?.. need to do some more searching, just not looking in the right places.. we also have a flexible coupling so cant use a feeler gauge as Troy showed us a while back.. we probably need to take the shaft out too and put a dial on it.. small steps when you have a full time job aswel! we will be seeing you out there soon guys! :)
Fair call.. the marina let us put lines on both port and starboard side as we didn't have any neighbours at the time
...another gem of a video, cheers! was just contemplating the cockpit drains on Velindra, they are glassed at each end and there is a brass tube in the middle. The brass has zincified and needs some love, i now have a few ideas! :) Very cool how you can just swing Mirools engine out, i don't think our motor pops out quite so easily! fair bit of ginning around me thinks! i was hoping you guys would stop off in Mackay for a beer, next time! stay safe!
That's the good thing about boats- they excercise your creative thinking! Mirrool's engine also had to come out so we could test the shaft. It's a problem that the shaft can't be removed with engine in place. Sorry about skipping Mackay but we didn't have comprehensive insurance only 3rd party and they are particular about it. There was a risk of cyclone as well and I prefer a lonely creek rather than crowded marina for a big blow. Look forward to seeing you on the sea!
Liked the Glassing and the Motor rebuild... Absolutely right about metal scratches on a head gasket... When taking the old one off with a razor blade the key is to NOT scratch it... leads to a micro leader pressure funnel that weakens the seal and gasket in the head to block join. If you have scratches use very fine emery paper and you are dealing in thousand's of tolerance values and so the key is if there is any warp in the head - most strongly suggest it is re-machined professionally flat. The tension is critical both in heat and cooling expansion and contraction, too tight and the head bolts are under sheer stress and can sheer and loose compression (metal stretches under sheer stress never ever too tight) hence the surfaces can be compromised. Manufacturer tension specifications are very important so as to meet the heat expansion co-efficient of the metal bolts and the evenness of the tension. So NO wrenching over tight head bolts there is about a 10% tolerance in that tension - so as long as it is in 5-10% of manufacturer specs you should be very safe. xx pete p.s that head looked pretty good.
All good points Peter. I was very happy to see the surfaces in such good condition and I was able to get the old gasket of with uncommon ease. The only thing required was a bit of work with a scotch pad and some solvent and I checked the head for tolerance with a steel rule and feelers as per the manual specs. Got to have a few wins!
Nicely done ✅ When are you going to make a series on how to make lures like wobblers etc? 🎣 (same question in comments on YouTube)
Sorry Miq but the only lures I make are flies. In future, I may try my hand at molding epoxy trolling heads for Tuna and of course I'll share the experiment. Perhaps I should film some Clouser Minnows being tied but right now, making Spearfishing rubbers and a pole spear is more in line with our food gathering.
Not rich "yet"... lol I'm still waiting myself. The boat is not helping my wallet though. But wealth is measured in many ways....buaaaahhh. Were all a member of the B.O.A.T. club. And my girlfriend and I love your videos.
I think getting rich may be a state of mind that neither of us possess but we feel the friends and community we are creating is beyond financial measure. It is incredibly satisfying which is something not on sale anywhere.
Very interesting guys, and TY for the details. Curious if you need to do FG repair to the hull when you sand it down to fix those water intrusions. I would imagine it was more than just another coat of paint.
Indeed there is more to it and we devote some time in the next two episodes to dealing with it (among other things).
Fantastic episode! I feel guilty--your expensive time consuming maintenance tutorials are so helpful!! I don't wish the need for them on you, despite how wonderful an education they are. I love your sailing and diving focused episodes too, of course, and I'm sure those are much more fun to experience on your end!! Hope you are enjoying your well earned respite in Rockhampton!!!
We set out to bring the reality of cruising to our audience in all its many highs and attendant lows so please don't feel guilty as your responses to our work are a very rich reward.
Thanks for showing us this. We can all learn not to fear our boats. If you don’t get dirty, you are doing it wrong.
It's a very important part of cruising safety. All sorts of gadgets are marketed to you to 'keep you safe out there' but I would like to sell you on the idea of faith in your own resourcefulness.