BIGLICKER
Cadet
- Joined
- May 29, 2007
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- 17
I am in the process of rebuilding the engine in my boat, I have a manual (clymer?) and in it one of the instructions tells me to remove the upper drive housing then remove six retaining bolts behind the intake bellows. The heads on the bolts were miss-shaped to say the least and I ended up smashing a 12mm impact socket on them to undo them! after doing all this and checking everything had been removed or undone as the manual says, I then with the help of a colleague tried to "slide the engine out of the drive housing"- well that's what the book says, slide it out, I don't think so!!! I tried driving it out with a copper drift and hammer, waste of time and effort! Then a large block of wood was used along with a 14lb sledge hammer
, it didn't budge!! Now frustration was getting the better of me, we had been trying to separate the engine now for well over two hours and nothing had moved. I am a car/truck mechanic by trade and Not a marine mechanic, but, I thought why can't the bell-housing be separated from the engine then the drive would not need to be disturbed. So I undone the ring of bolts around the bell-housing, put a pry-bar in between and off popped the engine.
WHYdoes the manual tell you to separate them the way it does????? Is there any reason for the engine not to be removed the way I have removed it?? It was a damn sight easier than the way in the manual Does anyone know if I will encounter any problems mating it back together?
The initial problem with the engine was that it had taken on water and the previous owner did nothing about it. I bought the boat with this in mind however I was not prepared for the damage the saltwater had done to the engine. The inlet manifold had let water into the engine, six valves were stuck open when I took the heads off, the water had corroded the seats and valves so they have all been replaced. The next job is to sort the block out.The liners are O.K. but the rings appear to be shot as they are now letting oil past them at a rather rapid rate, a new set of shells,rings and a crank regrind should sort it out.
With the help of the internet and a few phone calls, all the parts have been sourced and the job will cost around ?500 in parts, the good side is I don't have to pay any labour charges. At least when its finished I won't be worrying if something else will go wrong.
Cheers, Roy.
, it didn't budge!! Now frustration was getting the better of me, we had been trying to separate the engine now for well over two hours and nothing had moved. I am a car/truck mechanic by trade and Not a marine mechanic, but, I thought why can't the bell-housing be separated from the engine then the drive would not need to be disturbed. So I undone the ring of bolts around the bell-housing, put a pry-bar in between and off popped the engine.WHYdoes the manual tell you to separate them the way it does????? Is there any reason for the engine not to be removed the way I have removed it?? It was a damn sight easier than the way in the manual Does anyone know if I will encounter any problems mating it back together?
The initial problem with the engine was that it had taken on water and the previous owner did nothing about it. I bought the boat with this in mind however I was not prepared for the damage the saltwater had done to the engine. The inlet manifold had let water into the engine, six valves were stuck open when I took the heads off, the water had corroded the seats and valves so they have all been replaced. The next job is to sort the block out.The liners are O.K. but the rings appear to be shot as they are now letting oil past them at a rather rapid rate, a new set of shells,rings and a crank regrind should sort it out.
With the help of the internet and a few phone calls, all the parts have been sourced and the job will cost around ?500 in parts, the good side is I don't have to pay any labour charges. At least when its finished I won't be worrying if something else will go wrong.
Cheers, Roy.
