"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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Today started early - too early, as I couldn't get back to sleep after waking
at 3:30AM.

So, I did as I always do after 30 minutes awake - I got up, and read.

Then I headed to the boat, where I resolved the conflict in my WiFi system,
thus providing access to the dozen or so folks who have come to rely on my
signal.

Then I dove into the engine room again, where, the short story is that I can't
get my smallest feeler gauge, 0.003", between any place, at any rotation, on
the joint between the coupling and transmission flange on the engine alignment
I'd worried so much about.

Before that, I did the gross alignment, making the shaft centered in the exit
tube and cutlass bearing, and hand-movable with little effort from outside, in
the middle, and at the transmission.

The actual alignment was as expected, lots of cut-and-try, but now all is
locked down. I'll let it settle for a couple of days, shake the engine as much
as I can and check it again, but I'd bet I'm done, as my crawling all over the
engine to get to the mounts, at my 200+ avoirdupois has surely caused it to
move and settle nicely.

Reward is burger on the grill, followed by ice cream, before I head back
tomorrow for more boat chores in prep for getting back on the high seas.


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Most likely wasted effort and a premature pat on the back.
Come back and tell us the result once splashed. (That will
probably be in 2013 or 2014 if past performance is an
indication of future trends. LOL!)

It might just be better to leave the final tightening until the
"Pig" is floating again.

And, feeler gauges don't cut it. Best you use two dial gauges
working off the mating faces as I recommended. Once you
have them perfect you can draw the two flanges completely
together.

Read this:

http://www.hellersolutions.com/C350/...llManual10.pdf


Wilbur Hubbard