installing engine

[chrishelen]

Hi how do i install my engine without struggling to offer it up to the bearers ect, can i measure something and adjust the bearers beforehand, its a volvo 10hp by the way, cheers chris.

 

[Roach1948]

I had the same problem. I made the bearers horizontal and then installed Halyard Aquadrive system to align the shaft. A thrust bulkhead in galvanised steel was then bolted under the engine to the engine bearers. Have a look at my blog as there a few photos if that helps. It was expensive, but the aquadrive made life easy in terms of making the bearers and probably cheaper than wrestling with messed up alignments for a whole summer.

 

[chrishelen]

Hi roach 48,thanks for the photo`s very helpful, my old petter mini six is about the same size as the volvo but the volvos mounts are 7 inches apart lenght ways as aposed to the petters 18 inches i think, also the back mounts are 2 inches higher,(still following)i think i`ll lift the engine on and then if drastic surgery is needed remove the bearers and start from scratch, what do you think?
regards chris.

 

[Roach1948]

I had the same dilemma. The Beta 10 mounts were much wider than those of the previous Stuart. I needed to replace floors in the area and drop the keel, so it made sense starting from scratch. It's a big job, but then a brand new engine deserves this I think. If your bearers look ok then you may get away with building the current ones in - or sit the new engine in a galvanised steel frame? Depends on the condition of the current bearers though. All I would say is that if you make new bearers, make them from Canadian Rock Elm and try and have it spanning as many floors as feasibly possible -your hull will be grateful for it!

 

[chrishelen]

Thanks,i`ll let you know which way i go,
regards chris.

 

[chrishelen]

Hi roach, nice blog, further updates on the re engine, decided to replace the engine bearers with custom made jobs to suit the volvo, i am going to use mahogany as i have some lengths kicking about and the old bearers are mahogany, i have a flexy coupling on the prop shaft which is fine exept the bolt holes are imperial and the gearbox bolts are metric never mind i can sort that easily enough its just the time factor. i hope to have it all finished this weekend snow permiting that is, good luck with roach, regards chris.