----- Original Message -----
From: hedley brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Canoe top & Engine Installation
> I have been having a very exasperating time having to take the engine
ff -
> would you believe - to affix the WINDSCREEN!!! I had left the screenfix
'til
> last because the instrument panel is such a sod to insert with the screen
> there (with all connectors safely sealed BEHIND the firescreen). I was
told
> by our highest authority that the windscreen is a structural component and
> must be stuck in before the engine goes on. So.... if you're thinking of
> putting the engine in before the lid goes on the boat, full marks for good
> sense - I wish I had thought of doing everything possible, including the
> middle bulkhead, before lidding the boat - but you'd better keep the move
to
> yourself, as it won't meet with the approval of our censors.....h
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fred Fillinger <fillinger@ameritech.net>
> Subject: Re: Canoe top & Engine Installation
>
>
> > Others have responded well, but I'd add also that installing engine
> > just once was beyond my ability to plan ahead and think of
> > everything. Especially in tri-gear, re tunnel access issue (and now
> > bungees...!).
> >
> > R/R of engine (without fluids to drain) can be a snap. I have a
> > made-in-Taiwan electric hoist with remote up/dn buttons. The engine
> > mount bolts (installing) can be a bear, so I used temp threaded rods
> > with nuts. They're looser. Thence, one by one, swap with the good
> > ones, still hanging just so on the winch to ease loads on them.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Fred F., A063
> >
> > > Friends,
> > > Can any of you comment as to whether I would be well advised to do the
> installation of the engine prior to bonding on the fusulage top to the
> canoe?
> > >
> > > It seems as though it would be easier running the plumbing and
electrics
> prior to bonding on the top? Any recommendations?
> > >
> > > Cleve
> > > A198 MonoXS
> > > Detroit,MI
>
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