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Wizard of Woodstock

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:07:58 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

Hi,
I have a 2002 wellcraft excalibur 26 and the battery has gone flat
over the winter.
Usually you would pull the pin out to lift the engine cover but this
was replaced by a bolt before i got the boat.
I once saw a mechanic connect a negative jump lead on the engine block
at one end and the other to a batter. He then removed the battery
isolator cover and connected the positive here and the other end on
the battery. This gave power and lifted the engine cover.

Can someone confirm this is correct as its some time since i saw it
done? Or any other tips on how to lift engine cover?

How do you get to the engine block without lifting the cover?

Anyway...

Yeah - that sounds like it would work fine.

I'd replace that bolt with a lynch pin or something similar though to
prevent this from happening in the future.

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