Week Seven

Last week was quite exciting in many ways. I started the week with finishing the Ford Lehman install. That consisted of shaft alignment (got it under 0.003"), some simple fabrication, and assembly of the engine. Later in the week on a Bayliner with a V8, a fellow mechanic and I removed the outdrive and slid the engine forward to replace the flywheel that was just installed (there was bad vibration). It turned out the original flywheel and the new one had slightly different balancing. Along with the flywheel replacement, we also installed a new coupling. This week I learned how to align an engine for an outdrive shaft setup. It is much easier and less tedious than aligning a conventional shaft setup like I did earlier in the week. I logged a total of 31.44 hours last week for a grand total of 216.96 hours.

Ford Lehman mounted in boat but not fully assembled.

Conventional shaft setup I aligned.

Custom bracket fabricated for sea strainer for Ford Lehman cooling circuit.

Outdrive pulled off Bayliner

Moving the engine forward to make access for flywheel removal.

Alignment bar for outdrive.