The Boate

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we have been "over-hauling" the motor. basically, the process is going like this:

captain steen (or captain eric): "hmmm, i bet if we take that apart, we'll be able to get to that part".

captain eric (or captain steen): "you think so? ok, let's take it off there".

(sound of socket wrench ratcheting and grunting)

cs (or ce): "oh, fuck".

ce (or cs): "what, you just sheared the heads off some more of the bolts?"

cs (or ce): "yep. fuck".

ce (or cs): "well, hmmm. i guess then we oughta take that thing apart".

cs (or ce): "you think so? ok, let's get her off there then".

this process has been repeated a number of times, and now the boate motor is in many small pieces all over my balcony. but we now have a pretty detailed idea of how the thing works, at least the transmission and water-cooling parts. there is one part that, regardless of the amount of hammering we subject it to, will not come apart. this is the long shaft extension to the housing. the decision has been made to spread epoxy all over the thing and run it. we're almost done, as there is very little left to reduce to smaller parts.

Posted by eric at August 26, 2003 05:18 PM