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I guess I may be able to lift the back end enough so the gearbox clears the shaft and then pull back. Like the idea of threaded Bar to make a jack - Thanks

Thanks for the great advise, the stbd engine sits down in between the lateral stringers hence needing to bottle jack from fibreglass hull. I could rig a beam across the flooring above the engine room giving both top and bottom support.

Thanks for the quick reply! Just to clarify, you had the bottlejack directly on the hull with the load spread with ply? Also, after I slide the engine forward do you suggest I bolt down the forward engine mounts, while I have the bottle jack under the rear of the engine?

I am about to do this job on my Golden Star 38. I will need to shift/slide the starboard engine forward with crow bars as there is not enough room to move the shaft back 6" before hitting my packing gland. My main concern is a bottle jack on the bottom of the hull lifting/supporting the 6...

Thanks to all for your feedback and advise - very encouraging. Last night I fired up the Starboard Perkins Ranger 200 and looked down the Velvet Drive Dipstick hole - there was no movements or oil slopping around in N, F or R. I did not open one of the set screws. I think it is a safe...

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Fitting Oil Pressure Gauge to Velvet Drive I am new at trying to fix my own transmission but following on from the post above there seamed to be some question about the thread to fit an oil pressure gauge to check pressure on a Velvet Drive... My Velvet Drive decided to stop selecting either F...

Pressure Guage fitting to Velvet Drive What is the thread requirement to fit a pressure guage directly to a Velvet Drive...