The recently ugly parts of my boat

[Rick Sylvester]

and the reason for a big chunk of a 13 week maintenance frenzy.

I usually like to show the shiny parts but I know I sometimes like to see the not-so-shiny stuff on other people's boats.

 

[Rick Sylvester]

And here, a few of the (almost) after pics

The 4JHE is covered in little formed coolant hoses. Eight or ten I think. Most of mine were leaking. Yanmar thinks alot of those dang things.

I moved the strainer, filter and coolant tank in the back where none would be dripping on a very expensive starter, like before.

I spent alot of time rebundling, rerouting and labeling several wire harnesses.

 

[Maine Sail]

Looks awesome Rick! What is the brass fitting in the PCV line? Is that a oil trap? I'm with you on all those little formed hoses they are a PITA!!

Nice job on the AWAB's.. In the alternator photo it looks as if you may have a loose bolt under the exhaust manifold right above the starter solenoid and next to the hose clamp? It's Probably just he way the photo looks in the photo but I think I see threads??

 

[Nik]

Good catch MS... Definitely looks like threads to me as well. If it isn't loose then the bolt is too long.

Nik

 

[Roger (Ninette Manitoba)]

talk about spotting a loose bolt from up the coast... way up the coast... now that's cooperation!

 

[Rick Sylvester]

MS, you are good

The exposed bolt secures the coolant tube. I had hand threaded it while I was finishing the formed hoses on either end and I didn't come back to tighten it.

The fixture you asked about is actually copper, I just painted some gloss white on the body just to dress it up a bit. It houses a pencil zinc for the engine and connects in the raw water intake. There's a wire that connects the fixture to the engine block. Oddly, my Yanmar has NO zincs anywhere in the engine so that one is pretty important.

 

[Rick Sylvester]

Oops

MaineSail, I thought you were asking about zinc housing, my mistake.

The brass fitting in the PCV line is just a couple of barbed reducers. The barb on the valve cover breather is a different size than the intake barb on the air intake housing.