I haven't removed my engine yet, but I saw a picture of a special pickup device used to remove the engine. The crane had a "C" shaped pickup point which allowed the lower horizontal leg of the "C" to be moved into the engine compartment to the lifting ring on the engine. This allowed the lifting hook of the crane to still carry the weight of the engine from it's centre point because the "C" permits it to reach into the engine compartment. Having access to steel and welder, I will be making up a custom "C" lift for myself.
I hope I have explained this concept clearly enough to visualize.
JC d'Almeida, Vancouver BC
I removed an Atomic 4 from my Catalina 27 a few weeks ago. Due to my slip being a floating dock, I had the marina do the actual lift and place it on my trailer. The prep work to have everything ready took me a good 3 hours. I disconnected all the following in no particular order;
1. Electrical including the plug wires and rotor cap
2. Raw Water inlet hose.
3. Exhaust pipe from the engine manifold and plugged the hose leading to the outlet.
4. Removed Fuel lines and carburetor.
5. Prop shaft coupling (hubs).
6. Linkages for throttle, choke and transmission.
7. All engine mount lag bolts but the front two while in transit. These are the bolts holding the mounts to the boat. This way the engine could be slid forward with out having to lift it up over the engine mount studs.
When the marina was ready I motored the boat with a trolling motor from the slip to the service dock. The marine used their fork truck with the long forks (removing motor boats from the store racks) and a chain to tension the motor as it was slid forward by one person and out. It took all of 5 minutes to remove the engine once everything was ready. We protected the companion way with some wood clamped on.
Hope this helps
Doug
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "doctormike357" <doctormike357@...> wrote:
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> Anyone have suggestions on removing (and maybe selling??) an old diesel engine before replacing with an electric?
> Thanks,
> Mike
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