Made a little progress over the past week or so. Got the power head off, got the top shock mount apart, working on the lower shock mount clamps. Got 5 of the 6 nuts/bolts off easily, off course 1 had to be hard. I have tried everything on this bolt, heat pb blaster cheater bar, impact, no movement. Eventually the head was stripped (of course!) so now I have resorted to drilling it out. Wasn't able to get it loose tonight because I ran out of time but I will get back to it tomorrow. Dime holding up a dollar. Here's some pics of my progress.
Here's the culprit
The top is good to go
Did notice one thing, if you look directly behind the driveshaft, in between the exhaust and water inlet chambers (I think) there is a plate that extends up that is corroded pretty bad and missing a lot of material. Is this a big deal?
Close up of the damage. This is before I cleaned this area up so it is kinda hard to see but it looks pretty bad to me. Not sure what this plate does. Thanks for looking, CC