Jane and Alan's Excellent Adventure » engine out again http://www.janeandalansexcellentadventure.com Loving life at Landfall, Tadoussac, Quebec Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:50:29 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.37 How to pull out your engine – again http://www.janeandalansexcellentadventure.com/boats/how-to-pull-out-your-engine-again/ http://www.janeandalansexcellentadventure.com/boats/how-to-pull-out-your-engine-again/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:57:26 +0000 http://www.janeandalansexcellentadventure.com/?p=385 Taking an inboard engine out of a boat is supposed to be a rare event but this is becoming annual.  The only good thing about that is we’re getting good at it.   The motor weighs about 160 lbs and my back is not even close to being up for that.  Simple mechanics (simple enough even for me) saved the day.  Fortunately it is light enough to slide sideways on the horizontal quite easily.

The engine is lose and pulled forward...
The engine is loose and pulled forward…
...so that the chain hoist from a saw horse on the cabin top...
…so that the chain hoist from a saw horse on the cabin top…
...can get at it and hoist.
…can get at it and hoist.
Up at deck level it is placed on a plank that extends...
Up at deck level it is placed on a plank that extends…
...out to a scaffolding that is standing in the trailer beside the boat.
…out to a scaffolding that is standing in the trailer beside the boat.
Once on the scaffolding...
Once on the scaffolding…
...it's the principle of the inclined plane...
…it’s the principle of the inclined plane…
...going from one end of the scaffolding to the other, one step down each time.
…going from one end of the scaffolding to the other, one step down each time.
And then we're there!
And then we’re there!

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And if it doesn’t run any better next spring it can look forward to a new career as the number one anchor!

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