Engine Pull . . . Day 1
For anyone considering an engine pull of the new-style Mercruisers . . . Don't
It has been about 20 years since I pulled an engine out of a boat . . . (a 454 Mercruiser V8 in my 24 Formula.) Back then, I think it took maybe a couple of hours with a handful of things to disconnect.
Once I started in on these 2016 Merc 6.2L, it became obvious that this engine removal is on a different level and I needed to go through the service manual, which was actually quite helpful.
There are about 14 things to disconnect; some are unreachable without disassembling other stuff.
Anyway . . . here is my Day 1 disconnection 'score card'

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I ended up cutting the ground wires, since the bolt on the flywheel housing was mostly unreachable and once the nut was removed the wires refused to come off the stud.
Somewhere beneath the hoses at the back of the engine there is a transom assembly and the rear mounting bolts. I noticed that many of the hoses have crimp-clamps, so I did not want to mess with them.

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I'm pretty close on the Starboard engine, but the rear mounts are pretty much un-reachable as you can see in the picture above. I may have to take all the plumbing off the rear portion of the engine and perhaps the steering actuator. I got to this point and figured it sounded like a 'tomorrow' project; I've done enough for today.
