Here I am Rune
Distance 3.85 miles
Total 5101 Locks 397 Tunnels
Running total mileage 7739.91 miles
After waiting for yesterday’s poor weather to pass through, we have only moved a relatively short distance down to Kinver, to once again take on a bit of water and empty the cassette. Whilst moored at Ashwood I tried to take the opportunity to fix a dodgy alternator on which the warning light keeps coming on. I carry a spare alternator (having had several fail in the past) but when I came to fit it I found that the domestic alternator is a ‘right hand’ fitting whilst the spare that I had is a ‘left hand’ fitting. It is possible to transpose them but it is necessary to rotate the end and drill out the screw-hole and fit a nut and bolt into it. First attempt was when, after I had removed the alternator, I found the spare was the wrong one, so everything was then re-assembled. Adapted the spare to become ‘right hand’ but when it came to fit it, found out that the drilled out screw-hole doesn’t align perfectly with the bracket on the other end of the alternator, so everything gets re-assembled again.
Tomorrow we are probably heading into the Stourbridge arm where I’ll have a 3rd attempt at fitting the alternator!
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