have tricabin any advice on getting the engines out

kevin babineau · Post by **kevin babineau** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:08 pm

in the last post i said that after a 10 year lay-up both engines have antifreeze in the cylinders..gonna pull engines and was wondering does anyone have suggestions on how they got their engine out. the engines are in the aft cabin with wlaters vee drives.. thanks

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:49 am

hi kevin, tri cabin aaron here. okay, if you have removed the aft bulkheads you should be able to 'crane' the engines out. trojan designed those bulkheads to do exactly that if necessary. another option, and this is from my mechanic, is to removed the risers and manifolds and break the engine down into its smallest components and lift the engine out the aft door that way. i would suggest, if you can, remove the v-drives too before doing that. when my mechanic john does a repower on an under the salon version of the tri, he almost never uses the engine removal hatch that is molded in above the headliner. he prefers to do the break down and reassembly method and has done so with great success.

just a suggestion. i cannot wait to be well enough to venture up there and help you with some of this stuff.

aaron in baltimore.

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:30 am

Kevin, I see you have closed cooling so the breakdown will produce a lot of stuff. Any idea how the antifreeze got into the engine? Not sure of your plans, but be sure to check all your cooling components including the heat exchangers, manifolds, etc. I think Aaron is referring to your velvet drives when he said v-drives. Your Walter V drives are on their own once unbolted. Hope your restoration goes well.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:54 am

jimbo36 wrote:Kevin, I see you have closed cooling so the breakdown will produce a lot of stuff. Any idea how the antifreeze got into the engine? Not sure of your plans, but be sure to check all your cooling components including the heat exchangers, manifolds, etc. I think Aaron is referring to your velvet drives when he said v-drives. Your Walter V drives are on their own once unbolted. Hope your restoration goes well.

you're right jimbo.... that's what intended to say. sorry, pre chemo brain.

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:12 pm

just looking after your back, Get well quick Aaron

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:15 pm

jimbo36 wrote:just looking after your back, Get well quick Aaron

i will give it my all buddy. i'm just pissed off enough to WILL the cancer away. i've developed quite the short fuse for 'stupid'. in the grand scheme of things, you know what i mean.