Well today has been super productive. I got most of my wiring finished up last night, so we moved along with the engine install. When I removed it, we did so with the frontend loader on the tractor. After some suggestions from my father in law, we realized that we would not have enough control over the movement going back in so we went with his plan of using a chain hoist. This worked out great and with a little help, we were able to persuade it in place, mark the holes for the front mounts, and then do it all again for the final install.
Sorry about the picture quality on these two, I almost forgot them so had to jump in real quick before we moved everything.
And a decent picture from inside.
After the install, one of my helpers had to leave, so my father in law and I decided to tackle the alignment. I had been extremely worried about this part mainly because reading the post regarding the instructions are somewhat confusing unless you have done it one time. It did not take long to figure out that this is not a bad procedure. once you get your brain wrapped around the direction the engine actually needs to move, and yes, we moved it the wrong way to start with. After getting it close, we moved in either 1/8 or 1/16" increments until we got it dialed in. All together, it was about a two hour process with one man in the boat and another using the alignment tool even with the mistakes made.
I caught a second wind after eating a bite of supper and decided to move on and install the outdrive.
This too went pretty smooth but I think I moved the shifter position on the drive because the positions are slightly out of sync. I'll pull it off tomorrow and double check all of this.
Also, I reconnected the speedometer built into the outdrive, but when I blow on the hole in the foot, I can't get a reading. I know it is clear up to the connection on top of the lower unit so I am assuming that the line in the unit itself is clogged. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to clear it?? I think I blew a little compressed air in it while I was replacing the water pump just for good measure, but I'm not sure if that is the best solution.
Anyhow, I'm hoping to test all of my electrical tomorrow and maybe get a test fire on the water hose before the end of the day. I'll update if that actually happens.