Gentlemen: I am told that somewhere in these hallowed halls there are photos and "how to" for removing the Westerbeke 40. If this is true can anyone tell me where to find it?
MF
Try looking under the Rebirth of Maruska. Seems like I saw something there about and engine remove and rebuild.
Ron
S/V Matchmaker
Saint Marks, FL
Thanks, Ishmael, I go there.
Mark
If you need pictures... I have pictures.
Dale
Quote from: Maruska on August 20, 2010, 10:40:22 PM
If you need pictures... I have pictures.
Dale
Thanks, Dale. Do you want to post here? If possible I'll look at them while reading the narrative you originally posted. Really appreciate your trouble.
Mark
Mark,
Opps... I have got to back pedal a bit on this one. My computer developed a RAM issue and is being "restored" as we speak. This however has been a several week free process via one of my kids. I am accessing this site using my wife's laptop and that never entered my mind until I read your post. I do have a backup disk that has many of the pictures on it. I will hunt that down and see what we have there.
Basically I removed the driveshaft, unbolted the engine mounts and slid the engine and transmission aft. I used the boom and main halyard as a crane and picked the engine up and out in one piece. It will fit through the companionway without removing anything. You can boom it up and over the side and down.
Please keep in mind that my boat did not have any of the cabinetry around the engine but it can be done on a stock boat. I removed and reset the engine alone. I did make a "U" shaped hanger to reset the motor that wrapped around the bridge deck. This allowed me to position the engine on it mounts while using the "boom crane". If you have two people you wouldn't need this device.
Dale
Dale is correct about removing the engine in a stock boat. We replaced the 4-108 in 2005 and removed it through the engine access door after I removed all the cabinetry that was easily removed. One caution, when the engine lifts it will swing forward out of the hole quickly, I recommend a handy billy to control the forward movement safely. Replacing the engine will require the handy billy or a special lift described by Dale to get it onto the beds.
There have been several posts (perhaps on previous 365 sites) that described 4-108 rebuilds that were unsuccessful. Perhaps you should consider a new engine instead. Westerbeke, Universal and Beta have engines that have been installed with little modification. If you have a Paragon transmission, that may factor in because they are very difficult to get repaired.
I repowered with a Westerbeke 35D3, 31hp with good success. I also replaced the v-drive.
Fair Winds
Jim
We pulled the engine/trans out of Magic the same way as Dale. The only difference was the boat was partially on her side with 2 smaller boats under. Other than having to fight the water moccasins for everything we salvaged, it wasn't too bad. In our case, we were salvaging an engine/trans with 18 hours on them. That engine/trans is now in Abracadabra. Set it through the companionway with a crane, then walked it into place with a piece of lumber for a pry bar.
Thanks fellas. Now, after bothering all of you with what feels like jousting with a windmill, I'll probably just have to let another buyer take 'my boat'. The price of a rebuild is prohibitive as is repowering. If the seller was in no hurry things would be different but he cannot really do nothing as he has moved onto another boat and this one is sitting idle. And either way I still don't have the marine survey or the haul out, either of which could provide other surprises, and it will cost around $700- to find out. My mechanic, who won't take my money to make fixes on the engine may be right, and fate decrees that my boat awaits elsewhere. Anyhow, I'll still be here on the forum and listening in the background (and all over the 'net) for word of a second candidate. You never know what's around the next bend in the road.
Good weekend to all.
Mark
I removed my engine at anchor using 2 rachet come alongs and a chain fall on the boom. You remove the cabinet side under the sink and the starboard side of the engine box. It helps tp remove the exhause manafold.
I also have the working old engine and Vee drive available for sale. I can be contacted at wedelstein@att.net.