Larry, Terry and crew showed up at just after 8am with our "new" transmission. It had showed up Thursday late afternoon. They were ready to go. It only took us a few minutes to get Zephyr ready. We undid the dodger and pulled it aside to make it easier to get the transmission down the companionway. In she came and into the engine compartment she went. As soon as it was in the engine room--coffee break!! Can't say I blame them as it was a tough job. Back in with wrenches and she was attached to the engine. Bolts, nuts etc and she was well on her way to being in place. They broke for lunch at 11:00 and only Larry came back. Terry, the other mechanic had back surgery a few weeks ago--he's had a bulging disk for several months. Now he looks great but has to still take it a bit easy. Larry said he could work for about another hour as he had a job that absolutely had to be done that day. He left about 2:00. We are 90% there!!!
There are a few hose clamps to be fitted and antifreeze installed the transmission filled and few other things adjusted and they will be done. They will be back here Monday at 7:30am to finish the job. It should be done by noon!! We expect to be out of here that afternoon and take off for Boat Haven in downtown Port Townsend to get away from Sea Marines clutches. We still have a few things to attend to and the weather is supposed to be a bit nasty (gale force warnings) most of next week.
Larry and Terry have done a great job getting us installed the day the transmission came in. We can't thank them enough.
Have a great weekend.--Snow in Denver and rain here.
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