One damn engine mount nut

As of this evening the engine still resides atop the motor mounts in C'est la Vie's hull.  I have high hopes of having the engine out by this evening.  With a couple new ratcheting box end wrenches in hand the shaft coupling easily parted.  The engine mount bolts did not play as nicely

my nemesis the port side aft engine mount 

Removing the top nut required holding the threaded stud in place with a crescent wrench while turning the top nut with a 15/16 inch wrench.  I began saturating the nuts with PB Blaster two days ago.  For the two forward nuts the PB Blaster; a couple strikes with a cold chisel, and finagling the wrench into the correct position freed the nuts.  Freeing the starboard aft nut required all the the above plus the removal of the raw water strainer.  The port side aft mount proved to be my undoing.  All the previous tricks plus heat; a cheater pipe to provide more advantage, and three hours of effort on the wrench did not free the nut.  I finally turned my attention to the lag bolts attaching the mounts to the engine bed.  Each motor mount has two lag bolts these proved easy to remove.  Rather than spend my time on the engine mount nuts I should have simply removed the 8 lag bolts.

pile of parts growing under C'est la Vie

The pile of engine parts and accessories under C'est la Vie  continues to grow.  I started a Picasa Album to record the Haul Engine Project - fall 2012.  As the project progresses I will continue to add photos to the album.