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I picked up an A4 block from the machine shop where I had it bake/cleaned, decked block & head, valves and seat ground. I carefully recorded my time for assembling including test running. It has taken me 71 hours.
In the last 15 years since we retired from cruising and settled here on Bayou Chico, FL. I have done over 30 A4's, so am not a rookie, but I have had some health issues. I have arthritis, hands hurt, fingers are crooked and I drop things. Also have 100% vestibular dysfunction, i.e., no balance since a botched hip replacement in November 2007, but I am coping. We live upstairs over my shop and have an elevator, so access to my shop is easy regardless of weather or darkness. Plus I am 72 years old.
Now it seems to me I could easily rebuild an A4 in less than 40 hours. I do everything by the book, (Moyer Marine Manual), have completed tech schools in marine diesel engines, outboard repair, outdrives, gear boxes, etc. in the early 70's. I started my first boat repair business in Long Beach, CA in 1971 and except for five years enjoyed cruising our Cal 46, have done boat and engine work. So, I may be considered educated and experienced.
How long does it take you to rebuild an A4? Include everything from the block up. I have a lathe so do my own crankshaft polishing, check every thing like Mr Moyer does and am very deliberate - sometimes called "anal".
Tom
In the last 15 years since we retired from cruising and settled here on Bayou Chico, FL. I have done over 30 A4's, so am not a rookie, but I have had some health issues. I have arthritis, hands hurt, fingers are crooked and I drop things. Also have 100% vestibular dysfunction, i.e., no balance since a botched hip replacement in November 2007, but I am coping. We live upstairs over my shop and have an elevator, so access to my shop is easy regardless of weather or darkness. Plus I am 72 years old.
Now it seems to me I could easily rebuild an A4 in less than 40 hours. I do everything by the book, (Moyer Marine Manual), have completed tech schools in marine diesel engines, outboard repair, outdrives, gear boxes, etc. in the early 70's. I started my first boat repair business in Long Beach, CA in 1971 and except for five years enjoyed cruising our Cal 46, have done boat and engine work. So, I may be considered educated and experienced.
How long does it take you to rebuild an A4? Include everything from the block up. I have a lathe so do my own crankshaft polishing, check every thing like Mr Moyer does and am very deliberate - sometimes called "anal".
Tom
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