Back again after another few weeks away on the boat! Quite slow getting back into it as I try to remember what I was doing and what I planned to do!
Something thats been on my mind for a while is the radiator fan mounting. At the time it seemed to obvious place for it was in front of the radiator as there didnt seem to be room behind it as it would be in the Fiesta. Engine cooling is something of a concern as the engine is almost totally enclosed within the hull. So the first job is to move the fan. The only way to do this is to first remove the radiator which means draining the cooling system. The only place to drain it is into the hull where a gallon of water disappeared under the engine. The fan housing neatly clips into the radiator and it all went back in fine.
Second job is to modify the dog clutch for the water jet drive. At present the clutch will only engage when the two parts are quite accurately lined up. This is no good as they generally wont be lined up. The plan is to chamfer the face of the cup to encourage smoother engagement.
Here is the unmolested cup.
and here it is after some chamfering..
It doesn't look that different in the photo and actually doesn't make that much difference to the clutch either! More grinding required!
Also been looking at the bilge pump wiring. Its a bit of a mess at the moment but is poart of next weeks jobs.
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