Lifting the engine...

[oldharry]

(Posting here and not on Kelpies 4yo link!)

Hire scaffold tower and chain hoist. Make sure the gel coat is well protect ed anywhere the engine could touch as it moves. (don't ask!)

 

[Hugh Foulis]

Yes please.

I can collect and store if needed if its in Carlisle.

HF

 

[Lakesailor]

Andy McHardy. Not far from you.

 

[bendyone]

I did this on my old Hunter 26, 4 people and a scaffold tower set up by the stern. 5 minutes to lift the old one out and 10 minutes to lift the Nanni in. 3 hours to bolt down (onto bed adapters) and connect up - job done.

 

[alahol2]

When I re-engined a cobra a few years ago I changed a yanmar yse12 for a volvo 2020the Yanmar was a heavy lump and we had it craned out. However the volvo was considerably lighter and we slid it up a ladder nearly onto the cockpit combing and the with it still on the ladder we lifted up the floor end of the ladder to the horizontal and slid it across to the other combing so that the ladder formed a bridge. Then with a couple of substantial ropes we tied it to a thick piece of wood and the two of us then lifted it of the ladder and suspended it over the companionway.It was then an easy job to slowley lower the engine down to the cabin floor. I can remember making a small table out of scrap wood at the same height as the engine bearers so that it could be slid easily into position.
As for lifting the old engine out, if you remove some of the ancilleries, starter motor,alternator and possibly the gearbox it should be the light enough to lift out.

Exactly the same method when I re-engined Flying Fox. We used the same method in reverse to remove the old Volvo but that was ten times harder because of the sheer weight. Both ways went without a hitch.
PS We had a scaffold plank covering the rungs of the ladder to prevent any hangups.

 

[KellysEye]

When we had our Volvo MD17C rebuilt they used our main boom to lift it in and out. Oops the boom if off.