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| Okay, here is an update on the Tuffy refurb after a long winter in storage. This weekend we pulled it out and sat in the driveway in the sun and continued with the make over.
Pulling the motor was much tougher than I thought it would be, simply because I don't have the proper tools. I used a Rack Jack, made for deer that attached to my receiver hitch, backed it up to the boat, attached it with ratchet straps, and started loosening the bolts. We made a make shift boat stand out of a heavy duty saw horse, put everything in place and started loosening bolts.
This is when the first "AHA" moment occurred. We knew we had to disconnect everything, power, fuel, steering etc... but forgot to. Once we did that we started lifting again, then realized that is one huge tangle of stuff besides a motor, Second AHA moment. So we got a tub to put in all the wires and cables and set it on a furniture dolly next to the motor. We started lifting the motor and undoing the bolts. Now we realized there is a lot of tilt to the motor and putting it on the motor stand wouldn't be so easy.
We ended up putting it in a jet sled on the furniture dolly making sure to lay it down in the same manner you would a small tiller motor. We strapped it to the furniture dolly and jet sled and rolled it quite easily into storage. We used a board to keep an angle and prop it up a little.
We did notice one neighbor watching the free show for quite a while, he had quite a smile and a couple of audible guttural laughs. I'm glad we provided entertainment.
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