After ending our week last week struggling to get the Rox Box out, this week started on a high note. We woke up early 0630 to get the starboard side engine out on the pier with hopes to time lifting it onboard with the low tide at 0700. We did it just as before and it went seamless utilizing the A-frame to get the engine onboard. Alesha, Ron, Lock, and I got to work moving the engine on the portable A-frame towards the starboard side soft patch. Which went quickly as we have been working closely and well together for the last couple of weeks. However, it got a little hectic when we were ready to lift the engine into the starboard engine room as AME, the vibration and alignment guys, as well as Pye Barker, the CO2 fire system guys, were scheduled to come in at the same time as the lifts that day.
We loaded the CO2 containers back into both engine rooms while AME started to align the port side engine using lasers for accurate alignment up to a 100th of an an inch. We lifted the starboard side engine utilizing a strap towards the aft side (bellhousing) and a chain fall towards the forward end of the engine (towards the dampeners). The idea was that we wanted to lower the front end of the engine first allowing it to come in at an angle and another chainfall on a padeye in the engine room to take some of the weight bringing the engine forward above the transmission. This helped as there wasn’t a lot of clearance on this side due to the hydraulic tank that powered the crane. It went in smoothly and just as we planned.
Tuesday and Wednesday we moved the engine forward and dressed it with all of the additional parts that were stripped to reduce the engines weight and make it slimmer. This included the aftercooler, exhaust manifold, oil cooler, fuel supply system, coolant reservoir, heat exchanger, turbo charger, alternator, and raw water pump. AME also needed the port side engine to have oil and the simulated weight of the coolant for proper alignment. Here is a picture of Alesha and I filling the engine up with oil:
Thursday, we went back into the tween decks as the next steps to get the engines powered up were to run wires up to the bridge and doghouse. We also have the POSMV wires and a few camera RJ45 wires to run to both engine rooms. There also might be some wiring that needs to be ran for the new controls that are being set up by another contractor. So we attacked the Rox Box this time with a drill, some PB blaster, a couple pry bars, and a hammer. After quite some time and toil we got the box out and ran some cord through the tween decks and all of the lightening holes leading fore and aft so that we can pull the wires we need through in the next week or so. Here is a picture of me coming out of the hatch leading into the tween deck and yes it’s a tight fit, lol:
Also, I got PADI Dive Certified this weekend:
