Arwen's meanderings

Hi everyone and welcome to my dinghy cruising blog about my John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. Built over three years, Arwen was launched in August 2007. She is a standing lug yawl 14' 6" in length. This blog records our dinghy cruising voyages together around the coastal waters of SW England.
Arwen has an associated YouTube channel so visit www.YouTube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy to find our most recent cruises and click subscribe.
On this blog you will find posts about dinghy cruising locations, accounts of our voyages, maintenance tips and 'How to's' ranging from rigging standing lug sails and building galley boxes to using 'anchor buddies' and creating 'pilotage notes'. I hope you find something that inspires you to get out on the water in your boat. Drop us a comment and happy sailing.
Steve and Arwen

Saturday 18 February 2012

quick 'Stacey' update

Jacques came to the rescue with the wiring. So I managed to do a few jobs this afternoon, as follows:
  • the throttle cable has been threaded through the U section of the vespa body and inserted into the carb
  • the footbrake was dropped from the floor and the circular rubber protector fitted; the spring was also fitted and the assembly reattached. The footbrake now depresses and returns to its correct position rapidly.
  • fitted the felt gasket; I removed the carb and it slid over the manifold as everyone said it would
  • reattached the regulator and then put the wires back into it in the sequence described to me by Jacques on the small frames vespa forum.
All in all, a good couple of hours work.
Where was number one son I hear you all ask?

Playing SkyRim on his xbox. Com'on...play fair.....he'd been separated from it for four days while the Missus and I were away in Vienna....so withdrawal symptoms were setting in!

Steve

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