08' SV240
6.2 Black scorpion (old school gen 2 SBC)
rear engine / V-drive
Winterized the motor as I always have, drained the manifolds and lower water pump, reinstalled the plugs, and filled with antifreeze from the T-stat housing....
This year, on it's first run of the year, noticed it was leaking a LOT of water out of the bellhousing. I must have had a frost plug come out behind the flywheel.
Right now, it's Schrodinger's cat... it could be dead or it could be alive, but either way, I need to pull the engine to find out. (makes good power, no water in oil, fingers crossed it's just the frost plug)
I've pulled motors in mercruiser alpha / bravo setups before, but never with a V-drive.
I'm *hoping* I could unbolt the engine from the V-drive, slide it forward (towards the back of the boat) and lift it up and out. Is that possible? The main engine mounts look like big single studs, not sure how it would be able to slide away from the V-drive.
Is there a how to somewhere? A video? a post with pictures?
I have a forklift, and man power.... but I really don't want to have to mess around with the V-drive if I can avoid it...