Bagar55
02-25-2014, 11:03 PM
In the fall I posted about my oil pan rusting through and dropping all of my engine oil into bildge. Thanks to all for the many helpful tips on pulling the motor. I spent hrs cleaning and prepping the motor for a full re spray. Turned out looking awesome. Replaced just about every bolt and screw on the motor, new tstat housing and tstat, new water pump, new hoses, new drain plugs, belt, etc... Sent vdrive off and had it re sprayed and totally rebuilt by Walters. Lots of work but the motor looks almost brand new.
Question about putting motor back in. Is it easier to bolt the motor mounts back in to the boat first and line up motor to mounts or should I attached mounts to motor and try to line up holes in stringers? I built a pallet to keep the motor on while working on it over the winter and anytime I picked it up with hoist to get underneath it was a pita to get the motor to sit back down in the mounts. Was much easier to attached mounts to motor first and sit it back down on pallet.
Boat is 2006 21v with 340.
Question about putting motor back in. Is it easier to bolt the motor mounts back in to the boat first and line up motor to mounts or should I attached mounts to motor and try to line up holes in stringers? I built a pallet to keep the motor on while working on it over the winter and anytime I picked it up with hoist to get underneath it was a pita to get the motor to sit back down in the mounts. Was much easier to attached mounts to motor first and sit it back down on pallet.
Boat is 2006 21v with 340.