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Yup but not easy. I did it with a friends help by using a lathe to hold the drive shaft with some protective brass sheet in the jaws and supporting the housing. Have the lather back gear engaged. Then insert a long or extended 17mm spanner on the pinion nut and crack it free.
Many thanks to all of your for your prompt responses and attempts to assist. I've been on this forum since 2004 but had to get a new ID a couple of times through losing my email addresses with changing jobs!:joyous:
Anyway, in case it´s of any help to anyone else coming here looking for...
I know this may not be a well known engine but I'm hoping someone on here can share experience of these engines rebuilt with non-Mercruiser pistons. Merc/Cummins pistons clock in at over $250 each (with rings extra) putting a set of pistons and a head gasket around $2000 before Labour
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