Hooray, the new engine starts!

Today, May 7, 2012 at 3:15pm the new Yanmar 4JH4-TE mounted in Windarra started for the first time. It has been 110 days since our old engine quit.

This morning Fernando arrived and completed the installation. Friday he had put in the transmission fluid and engine oil and did some of the connections. Today he connected the engine to our heat exchanger associated with the hot water which required a special fitting, connected the power cables to the starter and put in fresh water and antifreeze. There was a little hiccup in the power from the engine control breaker to the fuel lift pump due to a relic of the old engine control system, so Rich ran a new wire from the breaker to the terminal strip for the fuel lift pump. When we ran the lift pump to bleed the fuel lines, Fernando realized that the plug for the new Racor fuel / water separator was missing, so we paused for a bit so he could get a plug. When he returned and bled the fuel lines, Rich went into the cockpit and turned the engine on.

It was a delightful sound.

We still have some more checkout to do which we plan to do on Tuesday and a sea trial early Wednesday morning.

We are so excited. Woohoo !!!!