replacing atomic 4 engines

[Fred Bear]

Anyone here taken old Atomic 4 out of boat and put a rebuilt one in its place?

I'll be doing this soon.....have a Pearson 28.....engine room is under cockpit sole....so I'll have to slide old engine foward...then haul it up....swing it over the dock...set it on dock....and do the reverse manuvers to get the new rebuilt atomic 4 into the boat....plan on using the mainsail boom (reinforced)
as a "crane".

Anybody here ever tried this? I could sure use some hints or feedback.

Thanks.....Fred Bear

[marthur]

Use a weighted bar

The big problem is getting the engine out of the engine compartment under the cockpit. In a previous post, another A-4 owner suggested using a weighted bar.

The pictures found here are worth a thousand words:

http://www.fototime.com/inv/9402B268C3A5B3D

Good luck,

Mike

[Don Moyer]

Fred,

We prepared a check list of as many items as we could think of for removing
an Atomic 4. It's somewhat generic but it may help you get started.

Don