mechanic's yoga and other updates.....

[charlie_the_tuna]

First, to any of you guys who were affected by the storm, hang tough! Walk through this.
Second, I had this big plan to run the fuel line under the splash well, out through a bulkhead fitting and into another bulkhead fitting running into the battery well with the bulb in between. So I couldn’t find any of these fittings so I ordered up a bunch. So I had everything in hand on Wednesday and I went down Thursday morning to slap this sh!t together.
So I run a snake from the tank to under the splash well, I reach under to grab the hose and I feel a little gap between the splash well and the battery compartment. So I push the line into the battery well and right into the filter. So I sat like a jerkoff waiting for these parts to arrive when I could have just stuck my hand in there and got everything tied up weeks ago.
Oh well….. you live, you learn.
So I hooked everything back up (with 4 trips to ace hardware) which thankfully is just across the street from the marina. Took her out for a spin and she ran like a champ for a solid 40 minutes.
I ended up replacing the fuel line from tank pickup to filter/water separator while replacing the filter element as well. We’ll take her out Wednesday/Thursday if the weather holds and knock wood, everything runs as intended.