Very nice boat CR. If you get her on the Murray and go to Echuca you'll find another 'Hero' there, a restored paddlewheeler.
I think motoring the Murray in your Hero would be an absolute delight. Good luck.
Bead blasted my tapper cover and then while they had some Black in the paint gun it got painted
Im waiting for gaskets and o rings should have before the weekend and Ill add a Bukh decal for the tappet cover either white or red . Ill leave the bronze or brass natural rather than paint it on the decompression mountings.
Ill do thew tappets while its off the engine and replace the PVC valve pipe o Ring as well
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Next rainy day Ill remove the exhaust manifold and clean it so I could eat my lunch on the inside of it Bead blast it back to bare metal.
This weekend is warm so Ill strip the bowspit and sand it and lay a coat of Sikens and also add another coat on the rest of the timber on deck.
Id say this weekend will be the last of any good weather for a while down here ;. So my timber will be nicely protected
Looks like you'll finish up with the Rolls Royce of Bukh engines HG. BTW how did the fitting of the pencil anode go after your descale.
Did you manage to clear a space around it with something suitable??. I put a 1/2" drill bit through the orifice after my descale but it was
clear of any build up, but I do intend to buy an inspection light this Saturday so I can have a really good look inside the water jacket
any time I like.
Correct HG. I'm hoping the inspection light will enable me to peer at all the inaccessible places (it should do). I'll let you know
how I get on with it. I think Monday may be a suitable boat day. Glad you have Rolls Royce experience, I can
put you on a pedestal (motor mechanic extraordinaire). Good luck with the exhaust manifold.
Never got to own a RR HG.I was always a Jaguar man. My first two cars were XK120's, but that was back in the day.
Today I applied the fourth coat of Feast Watson Weatherproof varnish to my tiller. I have been lightly sanding with 400 grit between coats with increased drying/curing times between coats as well.
It is starting to look like it has been dipped in honey.
Will post pics when I am done.
She's glued down hard so ill sand it where she is. looking forward to laying the first coat on the timber
Well done HG. That first coat will give you a good idea on how it will look when finished. BTW I bought my new toy today (inspection camera) so if you want a cheap endoscopy give me a call and I'll pop over.
Dont like the idea of sanding teak back but its probably never had a good sand back . Ive found that Sikens can some time turn a wine colour on my boat in the first coat
every thing else on deck had another coat of sikens light oak Cetol HSLe. Tomorrow the same anothr coat on every thing and Mondays a RDO so it will be getting another on Monday.
Once its coated tomorrow Ill be cleaning inside and painting the starboard forward cabin side hull
HG, you better get that bowsprit so glossy you can comb your hair in it's reflection like my tiller.
Fifth coat goes on tomorrow.