Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper

Is that an old merc? You can still get service manuals from clymers
for most years of i/os. It has a good outdrive/engine removal and
installation steps. On mercs you ave to remove the outdrive first.
Check the maximum lift on the cherry picker cause some don't go high
enough for boats on trailers. You may be able to just lift it and
removethe flywheel without actually taking the engine all the way out
of the boat. Imho I would have just bought a new flywheel so I could
do the whole thing at once. The gears are normally straight so
rotation doesn't matter.

Skipper wrote:
Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper

"Skipper" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper


You only have to pull the engine forward enough to get the bell housing off.
Then pull the flywheel, and THEN CHECK if you have the proper ring gear.
The Ford 351 engine I had used a smaller flywheel, and the Ring gear was
from a 70's Mustang from what I remember. Count the teeth on the gear.
Change the starter solenoid while you are at it. That is what took out my
ring gear. Automatic engaging at high RPM's.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper


You only have to pull the engine forward enough to get the bell housing off.
Then pull the flywheel, and THEN CHECK if you have the proper ring gear.
The Ford 351 engine I had used a smaller flywheel, and the Ring gear was
from a 70's Mustang from what I remember. Count the teeth on the gear.
Change the starter solenoid while you are at it. That is what took out my
ring gear. Automatic engaging at high RPM's.


Thank you jamesgangnc and Calif Bill,
I really appreciate your advise.
That is what I was thinking too if I can replace it without pulling the
entire engine out, but was not sure if it is safe....

I checked clymers and they do Not have a manual for this year. Any
ither ideas where I can get more infro on how to start. I do not know
how to pull the engine mounths out. They look very tricky !!!

Skipper.

"Skipper" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper


You only have to pull the engine forward enough to get the bell housing
off.
Then pull the flywheel, and THEN CHECK if you have the proper ring gear.
The Ford 351 engine I had used a smaller flywheel, and the Ring gear was
from a 70's Mustang from what I remember. Count the teeth on the gear.
Change the starter solenoid while you are at it. That is what took out
my
ring gear. Automatic engaging at high RPM's.


Thank you jamesgangnc and Calif Bill,
I really appreciate your advise.
That is what I was thinking too if I can replace it without pulling the
entire engine out, but was not sure if it is safe....

I checked clymers and they do Not have a manual for this year. Any
ither ideas where I can get more infro on how to start. I do not know
how to pull the engine mounths out. They look very tricky !!!

Skipper.


I would say, if you can not look at the engine mounts and see how to pull
them, the job may be beyond your expertise level.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper


You only have to pull the engine forward enough to get the bell housing
off.
Then pull the flywheel, and THEN CHECK if you have the proper ring gear.
The Ford 351 engine I had used a smaller flywheel, and the Ring gear was
from a 70's Mustang from what I remember. Count the teeth on the gear.
Change the starter solenoid while you are at it. That is what took out
my
ring gear. Automatic engaging at high RPM's.


Thank you jamesgangnc and Calif Bill,
I really appreciate your advise.
That is what I was thinking too if I can replace it without pulling the
entire engine out, but was not sure if it is safe....

I checked clymers and they do Not have a manual for this year. Any
ither ideas where I can get more infro on how to start. I do not know
how to pull the engine mounths out. They look very tricky !!!

Skipper.


I would say, if you can not look at the engine mounts and see how to pull
them, the job may be beyond your expertise level.


I know a lot about engines, but never had to pull a boat engine out. SO
the mounts are something new to me....

Skipper wrote:

Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper


You can't use the name Skipper here. Harry just threw away his Cialis
when he saw your post. You also can't use the name Kevin. We have one
of those, too.

Dan Krueger wrote:
Skipper wrote:

Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper


You can't use the name Skipper here. Harry just threw away his Cialis
when he saw your post. You also can't use the name Kevin. We have one
of those, too.


Kevin,
I hate to be mean infront of everyone, but you just asked for it with
your post.
You can go back to the high school you came from, so you can bully
people over there. Over here we do and say whatever we want...it is a
free posting. If you do not like it do not look at it! You can go now,
.... to the trailer park you came from to watch some more tv.

Skipper wrote:
Dan Krueger wrote:

Skipper wrote:


Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper


You can't use the name Skipper here. Harry just threw away his Cialis
when he saw your post. You also can't use the name Kevin. We have one
of those, too.



Kevin,
I hate to be mean infront of everyone, but you just asked for it with
your post.
You can go back to the high school you came from, so you can bully
people over there. Over here we do and say whatever we want...it is a
free posting. If you do not like it do not look at it! You can go now,
... to the trailer park you came from to watch some more tv.


I'm not Kevin. I'll put up $50,000 to prove I'm not. Care to take the
challenge?

Where do you get "Over here we do and say whatever we want"? Who's "we"?

It's not a hard job to do. Just take pictures of everything before you start
taking it apart so you will know where it all goes.

"Skipper" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi all,
I have an old 1982 Ski Supreme I/O with 350 Ford V8 255Hp LH engine. My
Ring gear is shot and I need to replace it. I bought the gear and found
a place where they will put it for me for $40. Now comes the big task
of pulling the engine out and removing the flywheel.

I plan on renting a 2 ton cherry picker to pull the engine out, but do
not know where to start. Is there a manual somewhere on the web? Is
this going to be VERY difficult to do?
Any words of wisdom and help are really appreciated.

Thank you.
Skipper