I was planning to change the oil in the generator. I pulled off the sound shield and started it up, warming up the oil, when I noticed water streaming from the raw water pump. This pump pulls sea water into the heat exchanger to cool the coolant/engine. I shut down the engine. I have a couple of spare impeller kits that I thought had a seal with them, like the kits for my main engines do. But this just had the impeller. I called around Ketchikan and no luck with parts or a replacement pump, so I called the distributor in Seattle. Fortunately, they had a new pump and seals available. Even more fortunate was that Cathleen stopped by and picked them up before flying to Ketchikan yesterday. When I went to install the new pump, it was the wrong model. The part number on the invoice was correct. I ordered the right pump, but someone pulled the wrong one off the shelf. I should have brought a spare pump with me on this trip, but I just had it rebuilt last year. I was able to install the new seals in the old pump and reinstall it. It works fine again, but I really need a spare pump. The distributor is closed today, Saturday, but I left a couple of messages, hoping they can mail me the correct pump to Sitka or Juneau via general delivery at the post office. Now if they would call me back…
Water Pump Failure

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We’ll bring ya one buddy!!! Hold on!😀
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