[Rhodes22-list] Removing motor for repair

[Mary Lou Troy]

I'll be eager to hear any answers to this.

So far, the two of us have managed to manhandle the motor. It's much 
easier on land. We have an outboard cart so we immediately have 
something with wheels that we can put it on. Actually Fred's pretty 
strong. He used to manage to move the 80 lb Honda from the cart to 
the car to the cart to the motor mount by himself - on land.

It took two of us to get it off the boat in the water. There the 
sequence was get an old cushion to balance the motor on; lift the 
motor off the mount, rest on stern rail; lift over stern rail then 
rest the pointy end of the lower unit on the cushion; work the motor 
to the bow, moving the cushion under the point; get the motor up on 
the dock; put the motor on the cart.

I suspect with the new heavier motor it will take two of us to get it 
on and off the boat on land. Right now the boat is in the water sans 
motor and we plan to have the yard help us get the motor on the boat, 
probably from their flat bottom boat.

Here's a link to the cart:
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=6490&familyName=Outboard+Motor+Carrier++up+to+30+HP

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 11:05 PM 9/24/2007, you wrote:
>Being relative newbies, Jim and I are wondering (OK, having lively 
>debates) about how to safely remove
>our 80 pound Yamaha motor for repair if necessary.  It has been 
>idling fine, but hesitating when increasing the throttle.
>We will replace the fuel filter (our first guess), but if that 
>doesn't work, we will need to take it to the
>local Yamaha dealer for repair.  We have no previous experience with 
>outboard motors.
>Back to removing the motor---neither one of us can lift heavy 
>objects. Any creative way to remove
>it without manhandling it? We will be taking it out of the water 
>this weekend. :(
>
>Thanks,
>Jim and Kathy Barron
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