May 22, 2014

Today is the day. Our parts are in and the technician is supposed to be here at nine so Donna heads off on a shopping, site seeing tour.

Nine o’clock means sometime before noon hopefully and it’s about 1015 when the technician arrives. He has the shiny new parts already assembled, but, OH NO…one part is wrong! We have the end mount exhaust elbow and he has brought the side mount type. A quick call to the office and the correct part is on order…be here tomorrow. Just dandy!

The technician, his name is Chris, a nice young fellow, proceeds to remove the defective exhaust successfully. No broken bolts…YEA! He departs, taking the both exhaust assemblies with him. I’m thinking maybe he will try to salvage the old exhaust elbow.

Two hours later I get a call from the Bill, the service manager. They have found the new part we need on one of their service trucks and Chris is being sent back to finish the job. Being a suspicious type, I’m thinking they salvaged my old exhaust elbow, blasted it, painted it and are going to “sell” it back to me as a new part. Happily, I am proven wrong. Chris arrives with both the new and old exhaust assemblies, hands me the old, and then proceeds to install the new.  He has great difficulty installing the new exhaust hose, but finally gets it secured. The engine is cranked and it runs much quieter. We have water flow and no leaks…Woohoo! Chris is the man! Thank you Chris and Bill at the Charleston Boat Yard!

Donna returns with lots of bags, fortunately, they are groceries. We celebrate the engine success and decide to take advantage of the marina’s weekly rate, and essentially stay the next two days for free.

Location: Charleston Maritime Center, Charleston, SC, MM 465