Well if any of you can remembe
Well if any of you can remember my 1st post dealing with exhaust eblow replacement (last week)you may recall I was quite optomistic when I found a supplier here in the UK who delivered 2 new ones very swiftly all thanks to this forum. Armed with my two new elbows I attempted to replace them. Problem...Bolts holding old elbows in place are so corroded that they will prob need to be ground or cut off. The heads of the original bolts have totally collapsed and all bar the shouting made impossible to remove the bolts. I am gona have to have both engines lifted out of the boat to complete any work on this. Can anyone advise on how and where to seperate the leg from the engine to enable the lift. One good thing i suppose is that the 270 outdrives have been disabled as far as tilting is concerned. Ive got to replace these elbows as the risk of complete fracture is to great to gamble. Besides comman sence would state that if there is a complete fracture im gona be pumping water directly into the boat not the best idea ive ever heard of eh ? Please advice ???
Well if any of you can remember my 1st post dealing with exhaust eblow replacement (last week)you may recall I was quite optomistic when I found a supplier here in the UK who delivered 2 new ones very swiftly all thanks to this forum. Armed with my two new elbows I attempted to replace them. Problem...Bolts holding old elbows in place are so corroded that they will prob need to be ground or cut off. The heads of the original bolts have totally collapsed and all bar the shouting made impossible to remove the bolts. I am gona have to have both engines lifted out of the boat to complete any work on this. Can anyone advise on how and where to seperate the leg from the engine to enable the lift. One good thing i suppose is that the 270 outdrives have been disabled as far as tilting is concerned. Ive got to replace these elbows as the risk of complete fracture is to great to gamble. Besides comman sence would state that if there is a complete fracture im gona be pumping water directly into the boat not the best idea ive ever heard of eh ? Please advice ???