Re: Puliing engine on '86 3.0 OMC
John,<br /><br />Not sure what kind of boat it is, but I just pulled the 3.0 out of my 1988 bayliner this past fall. Here's a quick overview of what I did. <br /><br />1. Disconnect wires at the battery or turn the switch to 'off' if you have one. <br />2. DIsconnect all wires from engine, and label them or draw a diagram. <br />3. If it's fresh waret cooled with a heat exchanger, disconnect all water lines from heat exchanger and remove. <br />4. Disconnect fuel line from tank to fuel pump and plug it. <br />5. Disconnect throttle (what I did was remove the entire assembly where the throttle and shift cables attach to the engine.)<br />6. Remove the two nuts on the sides of the bellhousing.<br />7. Remove the two lag bolts that hold the front mount to the bay floor. <br />Attach th elift and get the engine off the floor about 1/4 inch.<br />8. Slide the engine forward to disengage the outdrive shaft from the coupler, then lift the engine out the rest of the way. <br /><br />You might want to pull the outdrive too, since you're likely going to have to realign the engine when reinstalling, but it wasn't necessary for me when removing the engine. I am pulling the outdrive to do an alignment when reinstalling the engine as I only want to have to do this once this year!
<br /><br />Hope I didn't miss anything. Just use common sense and take your time, it's pretty simple.
