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The floor is the last thing to rot after the transom and stringers
Since your deck is bad, consider it a complete gut and restoration.
Plan on pulling the cap
Pull motor
Pull interior
Build cradle
Pull cap
Fire up sawzall
Tiny tach must be wired. The trigger wire must be wrapped around a spark plug wire to induce the signal.
As stated above, a hand-held photo tach is quick and easy
Oil gets changed
Raw water side gets drained
Drive gets pulled
U-joints get checked
Drive lube gets serviced
Raw water impeller gets pulled
It even freezes in Texas and Florida. So definitely do not take a chance in the Pacific Northwest