Monday, October 19, 2009

One dirty filter

Great things can happen on the way to/from the bathroom. Yesterday, ran into Alaskan commercial fisherman/ mechanic Jerry, who said, "sure I'll come by to check out your new boat".

Next thing you know, he was climbing in the engine compartment, just having a merry good time, "I used to have this exact engine in my boat in Alaska- run her slow and treat her well mate, she'll take you 30,000 miles. By the way, this fuel filter has to go right now."   Now?? 

Ok, so we pulled it off, and it was absolutely nasty.  Wow. The secondary filter wasn't too bad, but we got things back together in time for the evening sunset cruise, unbeknownst to our guests.  And the Isuzu engine was lovin' the clean calories, i am sure. 

Good lesson - don't wait for the supposed mechanic appointment next week, when things need to be done yesterday. Find your local friendly commercial fisherman and ask for help!

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