Lifting my engine

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nramsey

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Mar 24, 2012
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O'Day 40 BC Coast
I need to replace my motor mounts. The actual mount replacement is pretty straight forward but I have 1 question.

Can I safely jack the motor up from underneath with a scissors jack?
I have some plywood to spread the load, the engine pan should be OK, but what about the bottom of the boat. There are 2 fibreglass beams carrying the motor but will the bottom of the sump take the load?

Neil
 
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Allan12210

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Jan 22, 2008
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Hunter 34 Alameda CA
Unbolt the coupling and lift and change one side at a time. I used a scissor jack as you suggest.Measure the height of the old mounts and preset the new ones. This minimizes realignment.
 
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RAD

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Jun 3, 2004
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Catalina 30 Bay Shore, N.Y.
I did mine with a crow bar and some blocks of wood to shim it up 1/2" .......just enough to get one at a time out setting the new mounts close to where the old ones were and then did a slow and painful coupling alignment that worked out just fine
BTW I loosened all the top nuts on the other mounts so when lifting there was no strain on them
 
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