Before going ashore we wanted to do a wash so with a good amount of time to spare we fired up the generator to kick things off. It stopped fairly quickly giving an error code of ‘Unknown’. This usually means it’s time to check the fuel filter. There was no water in the primary filter so I removed it. It looked a little dirty so I replaced it with a new one but the generator still would not start. I then wondered if it was the fuel pump so I dug out the spare and changed it. This wasn’t so easy as the spare had a different arrangement of input/output directions and would not fit in the box in which the original was housed. Replacing the pump therefore meant removing the box and rearranging the fuel lines. The genset still didn’t work. I rechecked the filter and realized I’d messed up the gasket which was allowing air in and hence no fuel was being drawn through. I sorted this out and all was ok. So the obvious conclusion was Steve error on the filter change.
By now there was not enough time to do the wash before we were due out. I cleaned all the diesel off me and then we headed ashore for our massages. Helen went first. While she had hers I sorted out the registration for our new data SIM. After Helen’s hour I had mine. It was heavenly. We showered back at the marina before returning to the boat to relax following our massage.
After lunch I went back to the mess I’d left from the morning. The obvious thing to do was to put the old pump back in. The meant reinstalling the box and rerunning the fuel lines back into it. I completed the work, tidied up and performed a check on the generator. It didn’t work. Argggghhhhh. So it must have been the pump all along and I’d created an additional problem when I’d switched the filter. Nothing for it but to switch out the fuel pump one more time. Once done all was ok again.
I’d had enough work for the day. I had planned to tip the diesel in our jerry cans into the main fuel tanks but by now it was raining and I was tired so I retired for the day. I’d been upload our photos while all this was going on so at least this was finished and I was able to post them to our blog.
I thought my efforts were now done. Turned out Helen had created some more work for me. In an effort to clear up space on her netbook she’d deleted the wireless network drivers. As the wireless network was the only connection this presented a bit of a problem. I did manage to resolve it but it took a long time. In the middle of all this we popped out for dinner which we managed to have on our own. We saw Paul heading off for his own dinner. He’s progressing well on his dive course. On the way back we bumped into that evenings crowd at the Copra Shed and met for one beer before they all headed off for dinner.
We finished the evening watching a movie while I finished fixing Helen’s PC.
This morning I’ve learned my google adsense appeal has been rejected. The implication is that someone has been clicking a lot of our ads breaking their policy. The appeal is final and for life. Perhaps sometime when I’m bothered to do so I’ll look into alternatives but for now the ads have gone and our vast revenue stream shut down.