My Yanmar engine has lifting rings attached to the engine, so here's what I did:
1. Disconnected the shaft coupler. 2. Removed all four top nuts from the existing mounts. 3. Rigged up a lifting tackle from the front lifting ring, through a convenient port, to a primary winch, using snatch blocks to make turns. 4. Had the Admiral crank the front of the engine up off the mounts, blocked the engine with lumber temporarily, replaced two mounts. 5. Lower engine onto new mounts, move tackle to rear lift points, repeat step 4. 6. Realign engine. The new mounts had the same mounting bolt spacing as the old ones even though they were different manufacturers, so no rebuilding of the engine bed was needed. It was pretty easy, really. The realignment process can be a bit frustrating, but just take your time. I also took the opportunity to add a flexible shaft coupler between the engine and prop shaft while I was at it. Mark Mowery Gazelle Lake Huron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes I wonder, "Why is that Frisbee getting bigger?" And then it hits me ... _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
