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Originally Posted by Boracay
Don't know the boat but if it's typical of designs of that era (1960's) then the engine may be in the middle of the boat, just forward of the main sliding hatch.
If so a few hours with a ruler should give the information that you need.
In general it's possible that the engine and gearbox could be unbolted from their mounts, slid backwards and then lifted out with a crane. At least one of the persons involved should have experience in removing an engine from a boat.
At this stage I'd suggest caution. My experience has been that once it becomes necessary to remove an engine from a boat rebuilding is going to be near as expensive as a new engine. Diesels are very expensive to rebuild and rebuilding an old engine with an unknown past involves risk.
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The boat is a 1985 Hartley Queenslander with a few little problems, as the seller puts it, hence the low asking
price.
I have stripped-out, rebuilt and reinstalled quite a few boat and truck engines in the past, last one was some twenty years back but I have never worked on a Hartley Queenslander. As the boat is over two thousand KM from my place, plus the fact she's sitting off an Island in
Queensland, it's not easy for me to get up there to look her over.
I guess I'll contact the seller and ask him to send me a few pictures and location of the engine-bay.
Bill
Australia