Has anyone had any experience removing a engine on a 342 rinker with 6.2 and brovo 3

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 slack in splines in engine coupler

DanD2

Is this something that you are planning on going yourself? The biggest key on that job is completely removing the rear hatch. If you have the means to do that, then removal of the engine should be pretty easy. I know on my 05, there is plenty of room in the engine compartment, I believe in some earlier years it was much tighter.

I had a coupler go on my old Monterey 282 (5.0 B3) and I had my marina do the work. It was close to a 40hr job and that was mainly because the engine compartment was very tight. My slip neighbor made a special "C" clamp so that they could hook onto the engine and spin it a bit to get to the coupler.

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 Yes , I plan to do myself , currently building a crane to lift hatch  and lift engine . Any idea what a 6.2 complete weighs?
 Thanks

Handymans342

You dont need to remove the hatch. The hatch was designed to open all the way.

raybo3

When you open it all the way make sure you put something down to protect it. Old life jacket works good...........

randy56

also when you open it all the way tie it off to a cleat, outdrive or something. I talked with a guy had one fall on him. While working in there. knocked him out cold. beat him down in there, not a good day.