"Messing with this could sink the boat" (Reattaching Perkins 4.108 flywheel & rear seal PT.1) EP.13
We need to re-attach the fly wheel in 2 weeks before the canals close for winter! The marina owner says it is absolutely impossible. A real test of our determination to get sailing!
We found out the flywheel had broken lose from the crankshaft. Multiple people at this point have told me that the only way to repair this is to haul the whole engine completely out of the boat. Jimmy Jeff the marina owner has stated that we need to get on his haul out list for winter and the Rough estimate for the flywheel job was $3500 but "likely more".. "BUT we cannot take care of your engine until next spring" BUT ! That Doesn't stop us because My Dad and I aka "Al Mac" have a plan!
So we think. . . Can we do the impossible job of removing the transmission, bellhousing and engine brackets without hauling the Perkins completely out of the boat?
Oh and this is the first diesel and liveaboard cruising boat I have ever worked on! What have we gotten our self's into?
Can we do the impossible and re-attach the flywheel back onto the crankshaft of our Perkins 4.108 Without using a crane to pull the engine out?
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