Northbound DAY 8 – Exoneration

It turns out I didn’t break the transmission. And the problem is unrelated to the broken water pump belt.

The transmission fluid runs through a heat exchanger, where it is cooled by sea water. It turns out that the interface between the automatic transmission fluid and the sea water developed a leak, and any ATM added to the transmission was gradually being pumped overboard. The mechanics here immediately suspected the cause, because they have seen it many times before, and today’s diagnostics confirmed it. New cooler on the way.

As I read back over yesterday’s post, it is clear that I was worn out by the recurring repair issues. Sometimes it’s hard to remember how far you have traveled when roadblocks appear in your path.

Fortunately, it looks like we’ll be able to dispense with this one as we did the others.

Meanwhile, as my classmate JayZee points out, there’s not a lot going on in Sebastian Florida. Breakfast at Mama Meg’s; $5 hamburgers at the Chubby Mullet for lunch; and dinner at Three Finger Louie’s.

NOAA forecasts good weather for the next few days. Too bad we’re stuck at the slip. So it goes.