messed up again

[ROCKET UT]

winterized my 1988 king corbra 460 just like always but this year when putting in the batteries I found three feeeze plugs laying in the motor well
after looking the block three were out and I was missing all three I can get to the front and back but the middle sits just behind the motor mount any ideas besides pulling the motor?
what are the odds of a cracted block?

 

[Lion hunter]

Re: messed up again

Chances are good but hopefully the plugs worked as advertised and it didn't. I'd try and suspend the motor (A-frame or cherry picker) and remove the motor mount without a full pull if possible.

 

[ROCKET UT]

Re: messed up again

Its a 26 foot bayliner that is about 10 feet off the ground my cherry picker will only go 8 feet.
Just sick about this any one been in the same boat?

 

[boat127]

Re: messed up again

how does the oil look?

 

[Camo Joe]

Re: messed up again

Its a 26 foot bayliner that is about 10 feet off the ground my cherry picker will only go 8 feet.
Just sick about this any one been in the same boat?

Put something under the C picker................

 

[glassmaster68]

Re: messed up again

put a pickup truck under it[cherry picker]

 

[1946Zephyr]

Re: messed up again

awwwww, dammit

 

[ENSIGN]

Re: messed up again

Lay a fence post(steel)across the top of the boat and use a ratchet strap to take the weight off the front mounts, then place some wood blocks under the engine for safety and remove one mount at a time.Those plugs are called coring plugs and were not designed to keep the block from cracking

 

[Bondo]

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then place some wood blocks under the engine for safety and remove one mount at a time.Those plugs are called coring plugs and were not designed to keep the block from cracking

Ayuh,... And Pull the Drive 1st,...
No reason to bend anything,+ it'll need realignment when your done...

 

[zbnutcase]

Re: messed up again

Hopefully your manifolds are not cracked as they are NLA!