you can do it yourself but if you can afford a good mechanic it might be better. That is unless you have a loot of mechanical aptitude it is dificult to get to but you can I would tke off the acces dore and its srurround so not to damage it as well as creat a litltle room (every inch counts). you should beable to get teh back and the trans from the Quarter berth. Good luck
> My husband and I recently purchased a 1975 Catalina 27. Although it > was > originally used with an inboard Atomic 4 gas engine, the previous > owners > had put an outboard engine on it. (Apparently, after spending > some years on > the hard in a marina and the engine compartment became > flooded when the > cockpit drain became occluded with leaves, etc.)> > We would like to get the > old Atomic 4 out of the boat.... Does anyone > here have any experience with > this, or have suggestions? Is this > something we can do ourselves, or should > we take it to a marina?> > Assuming the engine is taken out, will we need to > add some ballast in > the engine compartment to replace some of the missing > weight?> > One more question: is anyone out there interested in this motor > for re- > building or parts - or know anyone who might want it? We'll be glad > to > give it away just to be rid of it!> > (Our boat is docked near Rock Hall > on the Eastern Shore.)> > Thanks for any advice....> > Henry & Lynn> > Chesapeake Bay> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Search that pays you back! Introducing Live Search cashback. http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=srchpaysyouback
