Michael,
Thanks for your help!
Lynn
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On Jun 6, 2008, at 7:09 PM, michael mcvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
you can do it yourself but if you can afford a good mechanic it
might be better. That is unless you have a loot of mechanical
aptitude it is dificult to get to but you can I would tke off the
acces dore and its srurround so not to damage it as well as creat a
litltle room (every inch counts). you should beable to get teh back
and the trans from the Quarter berth. Good luck
> My husband and I recently purchased a 1975 Catalina 27. Although it
> was originally used with an inboard Atomic 4 gas engine, the
previous
> owners had put an outboard engine on it. (Apparently, after spending
> some years on the hard in a marina and the engine compartment became
> flooded when the cockpit drain became occluded with leaves, etc.)
>
> We would like to get the old Atomic 4 out of the boat.... Does
anyone
> here have any experience with this, or have suggestions? Is this
> something we can do ourselves, or should we take it to a marina?
>
> Assuming the engine is taken out, will we need to add some ballast
in
> the engine compartment to replace some of the missing weight?
>
> One more question: is anyone out there interested in this motor
for re-
> building or parts - or know anyone who might want it? We'll be
glad to
> give it away just to be rid of it!
>
> (Our boat is docked near Rock Hall on the Eastern Shore.)
>
> Thanks for any advice....
>
> Henry & Lynn
> Chesapeake Bay
>
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