Crane day. Dropped the motor into the bottom of the boat. then got out of the way for the rest of the boats dropping in the lake.
The engine compartment was covered in soot, and the whole boat reeked like exhaust and diesel fuel. All four motor mounts were broken, and when I got the transmission loose of the prop shaft the motor rocked over and the exhaust didn't hold it because it was broke under the insulation!
The hardest part of the repower was this damn little shift cable. Took me grinding on it for a day to get the bolts out.
Engine compartment clean and ready to install the new diesel! Now if I can just remember what wires went where......
Crane day. Dropped the motor into the bottom of the boat. then got out of the way for the rest of the boats dropping in the lake.
Pulled the motor in the fall, and spent the winter scrubbing the bilge and rewiring. Also had to have a shop fabricate a piece for the exhaust.
Pulled the head to see if there was anything to save. There wasn't. The previous owner told me it was a high compression motor and sometimes needed a push to get moving. But with the head off I can't imagine that was the case...... Froze up like the arctic.
I cheated and used the crane to pull the motor out. Many of the old salts around here told me to use the boom, but I didn't want to work that hard. The crane flew the old motor right into the back of my truck! For $60 bucks it was a deal!
j_schoenfeld

Crane day. Dropped the motor into the bottom of the boat. then got out of the way for the rest of the boats dropping in the lake.

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