Pulling the Engines

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04400690ezvthe.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>1959 Chris Craft Constellation Renovation.... Raising the Quetzal</B></FONT><B>   |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1959 Chris Craft Constellation Renovatio"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Top Removal"><U>Top Removal</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cabinetry Refinishing"><U>Cabinetry Refinishing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Main Cabin Rebuild"><U>Main Cabin Rebuild</U></A>   |   <B>Pulling the Engines</B>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Frames"><U>New Frames</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bulkhead Removal"><U>Bulkhead Removal</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="045c8212ezvthe.gif"> <div> We (like I've got a frog in my pocket or something...) I mean Dwight got both the engines pulled in a relatively short time.  Right now they're sitting around waiting to go to the shop and have an overhaul attempted.  We haven't started the process yet because we don't want to have them ready to go and then just sit and wait for the rest of the boat.  When it looks like we're a couple of months away... then we'll rebuild the engines. </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Pulling the Engines</div> <div> To pull the engines, Dwight borrowed a buddy's utility truck with a cherry picker / crane.  It was a rainy day in the fall... and it was cold.  They came out fairly easily.... except when Dwight forgot to take out the rear two lag bolts on the starboard engine.  Not to worry... the crane was plenty strong.  It pretty well ripped the bolts right out.... nothing a little fiberglass can't fix.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07e510e0.jpg" border=0 width="337" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>