spartanpele
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Jul 5, 2005
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Just a follow up to a prior thread about my exhaust tube seal maintenance.. I have the 1987 Force-85hp.<br /><br />My exhaust tube seal came in from BAM and I also ordered the lifting hook as well. <br /><br />The hard part was taking off all the mounting bolts, linkages, cables, cowel bolts, electrical, etc, just to get to trying to lift off the power head from the lower leg. I threaded on the lifting eye hook onto the stator threads, strung a pulley onto the roof beam and then attached a cleat to another wall post. <br /><br />I had to have my wife and son help with lifting the engine out as it was extremely heavy and awkward to remove. The large pry bar came in handy to force the engine up as they pulled the rope pulley. <br /><br />But once we got it out, behold, as expected, the old exhaust tube seal was indeed completely missing. I cleaned everything up, attached the new seal, used sealant on the block area, and lowered it back down in. Once I got the splines lined up, she dropped back down in and I started attaching all the block bolts.<br /><br />Right now I'm down to reattaching the electrical, cables, linkages, cowel and lower leg rear bolts. If all goes right, I'll be tub testing this week and lake testing this weekend. <br /><br />Boy...what a project...!!