Well it wasn’t nice but it is done.
Sunday and yesterday I decided to try and crack on with the
Engine bay refurbishment/repaint, it is really a bit too cold for it at the
moment but I wanted to get the bay directly beneath the engine done so that I
would be able to see any possible oil or coolant leaks, so here’s the story
told in pictures.
The water and muck gone, well most of it.
Cleaned up a bit and de-greased.
Nice and shiny two coats of silver CooVar paint.Not as smooth as glass but there is not much room down there to work on anything.
You cannot see much, most of it is under the thumping great big engine but I assure you I did paint as much of it as I could physically reach!
When I woke up this morning it was a little chilly, I have
started using a new type of smokeless fuel, I was burning Calor Gas’s own
brand, but I have now bought “Home Fire” which the diesel man said was the most
expensive, slower burning so it gives a bit less heat and a bit less ash but “stays
in” overnight longer, it was £13 for a 25kg bag compared to £10 for a 20kg for
the Calor. So when I went to bed last night I did what I had done previously
and loaded up the stove and shut all the vents, that normally would just about
last all night and give me just enough red hot bits in the morning to revive
the fire, however it was more chilly than normal and when I looked at the stove
it was still fairly full but obviously not giving out as much heat, so reviving
it was no problem, tonight I will leave the vents open a little and see how
that goes, and then I looked out of the window and saw this, frozen over canal,
Today is not a day to do much, hence the early blog post, as I was typing this a tug went by breaking the ice and making large lumps of it bash the side of my boat, it’s about 10mm thick so not too bad, no harm done, another cup of tea I think.
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