While we were waiting for epoxy to cure during the work on the engine beds, we did a few smaller jobs, such as installing the new exhaust through-hull, and routing the exhaust hose, which at 3 inches in diameter and 10 feet long, reminded Bud of his experiences wrestling with alligators in his youth. We also mounted the new muffler and assembled the new seawater intake system. We installed the new instrument panel, and ran the cabling for it. We finished these things on Sunday afternoon of our first week.
On Monday, we finished painting the engine space and installed new sound insulation material, and booked some time on the crane for Tuesday. On Tuesday, while we waited for the engine to be delivered from the distributor's shop 100 yards away, we re-mounted the fuel filters and tidied the boat a bit. Late in the afternoon, the engine was delivered. After uncrating the engine, we warped Play Actor around to the crane, lifted the engine off the shipping pallet, and set it on the beds. Everything fit as expected, so we warped Play Actor back to the working dock and did a preliminary alignment. We marked the rails for the holes to bolt down the new engine mounts, and used a hoist from the boom to shift the engine forward, giving us room to drill and tap the rails for the 12 mm mounting bolts. Once we finished drilling and tapping the rails, we set the engine back in place and bolted it down, pending a final alignment when we get the new propeller shaft in place.
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| Out of the crate |
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| Hooking it up |
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| Down the hatch |
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| On the beds |
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| Just right |
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| A little that way |
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| Marking the mounting holes |
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| Moving the engine out of the way |
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| Drilling and tapping the mounting holes |
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