For a while we’ve had a slight diesel leak on one of the injectors on the engine. This became the next job for David while we’re here in the marina. Removing and opening the injector he reseated the copper washer and added a grease known Coppa Slip that he used to use on his rally car engines. We visited all the marine stores and found nothing like it, but in a small engine repair shop in the boat yard there was a pot of the exact grease that had been sitting on the shelf for more than 12 years. The chap gave us a small amount and now no leak on the injector!
We’ve also had a small oil leak on the generator which David suspected to be the front crank shaft seal. This was fixed with a second cycle ride to SKIF in the industrial zone of Jarry who, again, had the right size in stock. David fitted it and ticked off another niggling issue.
There are still plenty more jobs and problems to keep us busy, such as the puncture on David’s back tyre picked up on the way to the seal shop. Luckily it was a slow puncture and we had the tyre pump with us and we swapped bikes for the ride home (smaller person riding the slow puncture). The supermarket didn’t have the correct size inner tube in stock and we’ve run out of puncture patches so time to get creative. With rubber from an old seal and 2 part dinghy repair glue David fixed it...until we rent a car and can get to a bike shop to buy a new stock on inner tubes. We need our bikes!
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