Thanks, Darrin. I had a chat with the Navy's Fairbanks Morse rep. He highly recommended we check the cooling system for corrosion inhibitor, flush the system, refill it with fresh water and inhibitor, and circulate the coolant frequently. So, I am going to hand-over-hand the system to locate a place to tap in an external pump and sampling line. It won't be quick, but once we get restored from the shipyard, I plan to get on it. The Faibanks Morse guy gave me a service bulletin with the FM recommendations for rust inhibitor and and circulation of layed up diesels. Unless the FM tech manual and Naval Ships Tech Manual say otherwise, I'll probably stick with the recommendations in the service bulletin. The plan now is to do #1 and #2 simultaneously. Lot's of work. We'll also be cleaning things up below and re-installing the thermometers and checking the pressure gauges and other temperature sensors in the cooling systems. I'll be checking out the sea water system also to see what all needs to be done to get it functional. Maybe after finishing th ecooling water systems, I'll check out lube oil. Why the heck is an ET doing this? There is no relationship between ET and EN other than the first letter!
Mike
