your on the right track. sounds like the first time I ever pulled a motor, if you do not un hook every thing you will be the first to know. when you put it back in put every thing back on the motors first. It is much easyer. next time they will come out easyer. and with high proformance boating there is always a next time. good luck.

your on the right track. sounds like the first time I ever pulled a motor, if you do not un hook every thing you will be the first to know. when you put it back in put every thing back on the motors first. It is much easyer. next time they will come out easyer. and with high proformance boating there is always a next time. good luck.:rolleyes:

those confound ground wires.
 

If you have room to come straight up with the motor far enough to clear the side motor mounts I wouldn't disturb the bolts to the stringer. I've had them restart differently than they were in origionally and strip the wood out. Then you have to replace them with longer or larger lags. A hint on those confoud ground wires is to count them while the motor is out and recount them when re-installing them. You allways seem to be working blind and backwards when you are putting them back on the back side of the flyweel housing.

I have seen the flyweel housing 3/4" bolts freeze up. I've had to break out the 1/2" impact with no extension just to get them out. Usually they aren't that bad.

Jason, on my 280 the lags had a piece of angle that was bolted to the stringer and kept the lags from backing out. I always ake the big nut off the studs then the two bolts off the back. The two motor mount nuts are no big deal because you will have to align anyways. The bolts on the bell have two nuts on the transom mount that can fall out so be sure not to loose them, all the nutsw I have seen are aluminum so be easy on assembly. Its an easy job to pull and dress the motors before you install them it will same a ton of time.
mike

flyweel pins
 

The pin, washer and spacer you need to pull out from the top, when you pull the motor there is a spring and composit washer sandwitched in the back. The nut is held in the gimbal by a slot and small shelf.