You get by with a little help from your friends

You get by with a little help from your friends…

I got the engine out alone but everything else has been a group effort.

Naber lent me his trailer to move the engine, and his garage as a working space, Joey moved said trailer with his truck and helped me load the engine and trans onto it.

Richard helped with disassembly of the engine in the boat and in the garage.

Now that it’s all taken apart and the pistons are out we can see healthy wear on bearing surfaces, noting out of whack. But the engine was full of sludge and the seals were definitely gone.

Time to clean it, hone the cylinders, and start putting the block back together.

Head and transmission have both been sent out for rebuild by specialists, those should be done next week.