Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

[Kevoz]

So, I have a 4.3L Mercruiser that needs to be replaced, I am doing it(AArgh! )...
For those who have tackled this job, how did you pull it off (or out, lol), standard engine hoist?, engine crane?, tree branch?, "A" frame with chain fall? The boat will stay on the trailer and it is way off the ground....just looking for your input...
TIA!
cheers,
Kevo

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

I use cherry picker along with a chain fall. But any of the methods you mentioned will work. You doing this re-power in or out doors?

 

[HT32BSX115]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

standard engine hoist?, engine crane?, tree branch?, "A" frame with chain fall?

Howdy,

Any of the above works.

remove the drive first though.....get your hands on an OEM Mercruiser service manual for your model.....



Regards,


Rick

 

[Kevoz]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

I can easily drag home a cherry picker and I will be working indorrs, worry is the lift height on the picker, worried it wont lift high enough to get it over the rear of the boat while on trailer....I have a chain fall too, just no "A" frame here....I will have to go and measure the boat height.....I have to have all questions answered in my little pea brain prior to ordering the engine....going with www.rapidomarine.com
thanks and keep them coming!
cheers,
Kevo

(so, ok, I just measured the rear deck and it is 53" high, I guess most cherry pickers will do this with the chain fall attached...well, guess I gotta get me one, TOOLS TOOLS AND MORE TOOLS!, lol)(and, I have the manual for it and have already been reading what I dont want to do!, but, I love my son and told him I would make a boat out of this heap for him, haaha(damnit!, what was I thinking, worked on this boat all friggin summer!)(sorry for the babbling)

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

I cold pull and raise the engine easily. Accessing it with the cherry picker/chain hoist from the back of the boat. However in order to clear the transom with the engine, I had to lower the stern of the boat. I did this by raising the bow until the rear cross member of the trailer touched the ground. Then I pulled the engine over the transom to remove it.

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

my garage

I have a 2" or 3" square aluminum square tube from an old retractable awning laying across 20 feet of trusses...
that pic was the test run....I have a better ratchet hoist now. deleted the nylon sling.

 

[Kevoz]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Thanks everyone, this is the type of info that make internet forum's priceless..Take the best and worst ideas on the planet, plant them in our brains and the most remarkable ideas are created!

Many, Many thanks!

Kevo

"Learn the rules, Play the game!"

 

[81 Checkmate]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Just pulled the motor out of my sons boat too. we were lucky the boat sits low in the water and on the trailer. If we encounterd problems with clearence we were going to let the air out of the trailer tires and if that was not enough we were going to take the wheels off the trailer and lower it to the ground. Just some ideas. Good luck!

 

[Bondo]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

(so, ok, I just measured the rear deck and it is 53" high, I guess most cherry pickers will do this with the chain fall attached...

Ayuh,... It's gonna be Short,... ya gotta add a couple of Feet, fer the motor....

 

[45Auto]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Backhoes work extremely well and make it very easy. Transom rail on this 30' Sea Ray is 7' from the ground. Putting a Rapido 5.7 back into it this weekend.

 

[Kevoz]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Came out without removing the stern drive? I am currently short on the back hoe, lol...I am just gonna have to buy a cherry picker...Hope it slips in like a wet banana...
best of luck with the project,
Kevo

OOPS, I SEE IT HAS DUAL ENGINES! MY BAD!

Backhoes work extremely well and make it very easy. Transom rail on this 30' Sea Ray is 7' from the ground. Putting a Rapido 5.7 back into it this weekend.

 

[6meter]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Put a chain fall on my big hook sticking out of my ceiling in garage. Lifted motor up high enough and pulled boat out on trailer. Just had to do the coupling. Easy job.

 

[Alpheus]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

I have never had a problem lifting an engine out of a boat using a cherry picker. If I needed more height I would raise the front of the boat all the way up and/or let the air out of the tires on the trailer...

 

[FreeBeeTony]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Here's how I did it............

 

[1ruralmailman]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

chain hoist hooked to the main beam in barn out she came.but any of the other methods will work.i too took out and replaced motor without removing the out drive,guess i lucked out.

 

[sprintst]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

I have heard some guys took the boat and got an auto wrecker to lift the engine and lower it into their pickup truck box for them. It was something like $75 bucks if you disconnect everything first.

 

[Kevoz]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Now this is truly MY STYLE ! Will, no doubt, keep this one on file in my lil pea brain till I get things going...
thanks to you all for your help, another great place!
cheers,
Kevo

Hereis how I did it............

 

[FreeBeeTony]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Just another note...........I added 2x4 bracing from the legs to the top when I did my SBC.....made it more stable!!

 

[zbnutcase]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

Backhoes work extremely well and make it very easy. Transom rail on this 30' Sea Ray is 7' from the ground. Putting a Rapido 5.7 back into it this weekend.

Never knew they had a windage tray in the valley! Must be rare!

 

[rbh]

Re: Frozen block disease, must replace....HELP!

This is what you need to pull out an engine.