Pulling Motor on 2000 SAN?

[crotchrocket]

Well looks like I have to pull the motor on my 2000 SAN. Sounds like a spun rod or main bearing. Any tips on working with this V drive? I am guessing the floor comes up. Does the backrest panel where the back seat is come off? Thanks

[SquamInboards]

RE: Pulling Motor on 2000 SAN?

The floor should come up along with the center seat section. The backrest just lifts out and the wall behind it unscrews from an aluminum frame. You'll probably want to unscrew the hinges for the engine hatch and pull the pin from the hydraulic lift so you can remove the hatch too. While your at it you might as well unscrew the 12 screw holding the engine compartment dividers in and take them out to make things easier. Detatch any wiring harnesses, the intake hose, any heater or shower hoses, throttle and shift cables, gas line, ground and battery connections. I've never actually pulled one but given CCs engineering I'd hope you could just remove the coupler bolts from shaft/v drive coupler and the key way to allow you to finagle the engine out with a chain fall. I think taking the v-drive and trans out will be easier than trying to unbolt the trans from the bell housing from inside the boat but I may be wrong, take a look and use your judgement because I'm no where near my '98 NSS to check for myself. If the trans stays obviously leave the mounts bolted in. Given that I'm speaking in reference to a '98 NSS there may be some differences I am unaware of so forgive me if something I said is innacurate.

[SquamInboards]

RE: Pulling Motor on 2000 SAN?

Actually now that I think about it, with the wall gone it might not be hard to detatch the trans from inside the boat so try that first. A couple of the bolts might be tough to reach but the less you have to remove the better I suppose. Make sure that the engine mounts are unbolted and that it is being supported by the chainfall or something similar before you start undoing trans bolts though or you will definitely tweak something.

[crotchrocket]

Thanks. I have replaced the motor in my old 85 nautique. That was a piece of cake but it didnt have all flooring and back rest in the way... Now that I hear it will come out ..This project will probably be fairly straight forward..thanks for the advice. I am going to try to pull the floor and back seat out tomorrow when I wake up..

[Laptom]

It's a 3 hour job to do it with 2 people.. I've done it last winter on our 2000 SAN. The best is to get everything out of the boat. Like SquamInboards said. First the battery. Then the engine hatch, the complete backseat, the floor and don't forget the ballast tanks. When these are all out, unscrew everything SquamInboards said. Put everything labelled away. When everything seems lose, start with the bolts on the v-drive and shaft. They are a pain in the a$$ to get out. Then the normal engine bolts and at the transmission (2x6 bolts). Unscrew the engine compartement diverders at the backrest (those 2 small pipes which keep the fibreglass sturdy to sit on). Then you should be ready to pull out the complete engine (with waterpump, etc), tranny and v-drive all together. It's a tight fit but we managed to do so.
But first get everthing of the boat! You'll need the space, it's easier to work on and when pulling the engine you'll need the space.

Good luck.