Oklahoma: The Forgotten Great Loop Side Trip - Part Eight, Ep-269

[@RLoose9494]

🙏 you all are safe and dry riding out the storm.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@RLoose9494 - thanks - so far so good - we are in a hole in the storm so it’s very calm at the moment. But we do hear thunder in the distance

[@5VABrowns]

Ron - you are killing us with suspense . . . how much solar? solve the diesel filter blowout issue? More questions than answers. We'll stand by for more information.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@5VABrowns - 😂😂 I did solve the fuel problem (twice). It will all be explained in future videos starting with the next one (I have to have some hook😉) The solar is 1200 watts and is working great ! We no longer have to use the generator at all during the daytime which is a great savings in fuel. We really appreciate you watching our videos - thank you !

[@doncritzer2798]

​@CruisingThisOldBoat that's great Ron, plus eliminate trips in the dinghy lugging that 5 gallon can to fuel dock every other day .......5 gallons is close to 30 bucks adds up 💸 💰 💲

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@doncritzer2798 - you got that right !!

[@RLoose9494]

I agree lol.

[@sharonoliver5284]

Welp, now I guess I have another job on our 2nd Loop. I have to watch the marina guy and make sure the nozzle he hands to Captain Art is the diesel one!

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@sharonoliver5284 - well we wouldn’t want you to get bored! 😂😂 Hope you guys are doing ok

[@RLoose9494]

Hope you are in a safe harbor for this incoming Hurricane. Stay safe

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@RLoose9494 - thanks - the current track has us right on the edge so we should be ok - just a little windy and rainy

[@1320fastback]

I had a crimped return line on a cummins 12 valve. It took two spit out injection pump seals before i started tracing fuel lines and figured it out.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@1320fastback - I think it’s human nature to assume it was a fluke first and only after it keeps happening do we realize we have a problem. 😂 Glad you got yours figured out!

[@doncritzer2798]

Man you better get up that river before that system moves in by mid week, stay safe

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@doncritzer2798 - That’s one of the benefits of the river system - you can hide from hurricanes !

[@doncritzer2798]

@CruisingThisOldBoat looks like Francine is heading up the river........good luck batten down the hatches

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@doncritzer2798 - and I thought we were up here hiding from the storms. 😂 Looks like we may have to pull out of Little Rock a day early to get more out of her reach by heading west.

[@humbledsparrows4687]

Really enjoying your videos, it’s really encouraging us to get back into boating. You both seem a lot like us, laid back and take it as it comes. We like the idea of an older boat (nostalgic) but would want to have the power plant new. We have been looking, but have not found the right one. We have 30 months before I retire, we will likely sell our 24 acre homestead in East Texas and relocate to a property that requires less farm work and more relaxation. Hope you enjoy Oklahoma (our home state), the eastern part of the state is the nicest, you want be far from Tulsa once you get to Catoosa. As a retired police officer, we had call boxes all around downtown OKC that our officer would frequently stop and call in. I didn’t join the department until 1985, at that time we had two way radios in our patrol cars, but did not have hand held radios, so if you were out of the car dealing with a situation and you needed back up, you’d hope a passer by or someone would call in for you to get some help. When we got hand held radios, officer safety increased drastically. It was a great career, retired in 2008 and took to my second career.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@humbledsparrows4687 - Tell your wife that we are sorry for rekindling your interest in boating. 😂 What part of East Texas are you at? We used to live in Tyler and Henderson. It’s amazing how much technology has advanced just in our lifetime! Kids today have no idea how easy they have it. So what is your second career - farming?

[@humbledsparrows4687]

@@CruisingThisOldBoat we live SE of Tyler by Tyler Lakes.

[@humbledsparrows4687]

@@CruisingThisOldBoat we have a 23 acre hobby farm, very large garden, chickens and all the grass a person would want to mow and all the trees one would ever want to cut. Can’t say who I work for here, but I work in public safety training the best for the worst. Once I retire, we will likely live on one of the larger state lakes in the area, I like Cedar Creek, took a drive over there recently and to me it was pretty dumpy. I’d really like to be on Lake Texhoma or go back to Oklahoma and get a place on Robert S Kerr or Tinkiller. If you’re ever back in the Tyler area, give us a shout.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@humbledsparrows4687 - will do !

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@humbledsparrows4687 - don’t remember ever going to Lake Tyler. I was a Navy recruiter and worked Tyler, Jacksonville, and Whitehouse areas. We also owned a pet store in Tyler and Henderson. I sure did love those Noonday onions though!

[@doncritzer2798]

The bright side is you finally got your tank cleaned out, the gas should liquify the sludge in there and get pumped out,

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@doncritzer2798 - that would be nice !

[@cullendarling7916]

I LOVE your story!!!!

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@cullendarling7916 - We appreciate you so much - thank you !!

[@toddsweeney2871]

I'm wondering if your fuel return line is clogged and causing the filter to over pressure and blow out.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@toddsweeney2871 - that was one of the theories proposed by the experts

[@RLoose9494]

Getting over pressure on your fuel system. The return line is pinched or clogged. I had the same thing happen on our old P&H crawler crane. The mechanic replacing the fuel lines reversed the lines on the tank causing it to over pressure. Also I had an employee drop 30 galls of gas into my saddle tank on my frieghtliner. New CAT diesel it ran OK lol till we burned (smoked a bit) it out. I don’t know what you put in your morning coffee to work that fast, but please share😂. Be safe God Bless

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@RLoose9494 - everyone I talked to said it was an over pressure issue so you are spot on! It was the first time I dealt with gas in my tank so I had no idea what would happen. The marina consulted with a mechanic and he said it would destroy my engine if I ran on it so they decided to pump it out. So it’s interesting to hear that you have run with gas in your tank. I generally have chocolate milk in the morning - maybe that’s the secret? 😂😂

[@doncritzer2798]

​@@CruisingThisOldBoatgo buy 80 feet of fuel hose and start replacing all of them, return lines too

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@doncritzer2798 - good suggestion

[@RLoose9494]

@@CruisingThisOldBoati would not recommend it on a regular basis for sure. It was a CAT C15 (2009) it was less than 10% of my overall fuel so yes it ran funny and smoked a day or so but never hurt anything. Maybe I was lucky

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@RLoose9494 - I probably won’t try it on purpose but if I ever accidentally do it, I hope I get as lucky as you did !

[@cullendarling7916]

To be clear, I love the story of fixing up the boat and fulfilling your dream... not the gas in a diesel tank thing. 😀

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@cullendarling7916 - 😂😂😂 lol - We assumed you meant it in a positive way but thank you for the clarification. 😁

[@doncritzer2798]

Diesel ignites under extreme pressure, gas needs a ignition source.........my opinion the gas cant ignite, but would interfere with the ignition of the diesel fuel ........but, the un burned gas may wash out the cylinders and do damage to the rings and some probably winds up in crankcase.......i had a bad plug wire on a car , by not firing that one cylinder had no compression, got washed out with gas

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@doncritzer2798 - that all makes sense - we’ve run enough tanks of diesel at this point that I think we are safe.

[@toddsweeney2871]

Gasoline in a diesel will cause damage. . Diesel in a gas motor just wont run. I've seen it.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@toddsweeney2871 - I guess it is definitely a good thing that we pumped all the fuel out of the tank - thanks for the confirmation !

[@patrickthompson2384]

Is the frame you built/installed to hold the solar panels a kit or a bunch of parts you purchased somewhere? Looking to do something similar and not finding anything so far.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@patrickthompson2384 - it was just a bunch of parts. Most of it came from Sailrite but what they didn’t sell we found on Amazon

[@BradHines-y8f]

Ron, I noticed in one clip that you were painting the topside of your trunk cabin. The deck on my DeFever 43 desperately needs repainting and I am wavering back and forth between hiring it out or trying to do it myself. What paint did you use and how was the prep work (i.e. sanding, etc)?

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@BradHines-y8f - Hi Brad: I just did general sanding mostly because I had epoxied all the screw holes and gouges left from removing the teak. Then I used Petit EZPrime and EZPoxy paint. Seems to be holding up well. Anywhere I need non-skid I use EZDecks. It probably doesn’t look as good as a professional job but it is a 40 year old boat.

[@RogueBohemian]

Imagine what the cell is like in that little jail.

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@RogueBohemian 😂😂 tip toe room only 😂

[@jbrushoe]

Sounds like a bad return line?

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@jbrushoe - sort of - the check valve on the injector pump

[@karaDee2363]

Okay, so you broke down and got towed in but left us hanging..

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

@@karaDee2363 - sorry for the cliffhanger but it took several weeks to diagnose and fix the problem so it did not make it into this video - it will be explained in the next video! We definitely appreciate you watching!